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by Christopher Hodapp After the shameful episode that happened on the floor of the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Texas in January, many had hoped that cooler heads would prevail and that brethren on both sides of the idealogical and generational divide would find some rapprochement...

by Christopher Hodapp A post on the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Facebook page reminds us that Sunday is the 271st anniversary of George Washington's initiation or "making" as a Freemason. George was made an Entered Apprentice Mason at the age of twenty in the Lodge at...

by Christopher Hodapp Kadum Harwood (photo above), the suspected arsonist who attacked the Chattanooga (Tennessee) Masonic Center in September has now been indicted on two federal felony counts by a U.S. grand jury. This is in addition to charges filed by Hamilton County, Tennessee of...

by Christopher Hodapp I haven't seen Martin Scorsese's newest film, Killers of the Flower Moon, but Reddit and the Intertubz lit up all week long over a bizarre scene that takes place in a very real Oklahoma Masonic hall. The movie is about a unique moment in the mid-1920s that dramatically...

by Christopher Hodapp Illus. Kamel Oussayef 33° has just released a new book through the Scottish Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction as part of an ongoing program of rediscovering a treasure trove of 18th and 19th century French Masonic manuscripts. Entitled Freemasonry From the 1st to the...

by Christopher Hodapp I'll be speaking on Saturday, October 28th at the Goose and Gridiron Lodge 1717 meeting and Festive Board in Dayton, Ohio. See the lodge website for details. Registration ends on October 18th. On Friday night there will be a pre-event gathering at Jimmies Ladder 11 from...

by Christopher Hodapp Just a reminder that I'll be speaking this Saturday, October 28th at the Goose and Gridiron Lodge 1717 meeting and Festive Board in Dayton, Ohio. See the lodge website for details. On Friday night there will be a pre-event gathering at Jimmies Ladder 11 from 6PM-9PM -...

by Christopher Hodapp Brother Darin Lahners over at the Midnight Freemason blog has written an important essay this week that was inspired by the meme above. I had been working on my own essay along similar lines all week, but Darin has done a far better job than I was doing. Entitled, Why...

by Christopher Hodapp The 2023 Scottish Rite Research Society Symposium is being held on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington, Indiana tomorrow, Saturday, October 14. The event will be held at the new Center for Fraternal Collections & Research (CFCR) in the McCalla Building...

by Christopher Hodapp In the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks on Israel this past weekend, the Grand Lodge of the State of Israel AF&AM has posted a statement on its Facebook page acknowledging the enormous outpouring of support by the world's Freemasons. Click the image below to...

by Christopher Hodapp On Tuesday last week, the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F&AM of New York conferred the Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees upon New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a special ceremony. Also raised at this event was the city's Police...

by Christopher Hodapp I'm furious that a stupid stumble wound up keeping me home from an event that was so important to the four portly gents in this old picture. Fifteen years and way too many banquet dinners ago, there were these four Indiana troublemakers: an extremely overweight Dummy...

by Christopher Hodapp Back in July, the Scottish Rite Supreme Council of Greece building in Athens suffered limited damage after a bomb exploded outside the entrance. A second device was safely detonated outside of the adjacent Grand Lodge of Greece building. A suspect was arrested on July...

by Christopher Hodapp The lone suspect in the Labor Day arson fire that heavily damaged the Masonic Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee has been bound over for trial, and his bail has been raised to $450,000. On Monday, Judge Lila Statom bound all charges of the Grand Jury against Kadum Hunter...

1857 Charter of Mankato Lodge No. 12 in Minnesota (CNHI News Service) by Christopher Hodapp In 1857, the just-formed Grand Lodge of Minnesota AF&AM issued a charter for that state's twelfth Masonic lodge – Mankato Lodge No. 12. The lodge was first organized in 1856, the year before...

by Christopher Hodapp An unnamed suspect has been arrested and charged with several bombings in Athens, Greece, including the July 13th explosion that happened outside the Grand Lodge of Greece and Supreme Council building. According to state broadcaster ERT, the suspect was seen on video...

by Christopher Hodapp Lansing, Michigan's Mayor Andy Schor announced this week that the former downtown Masonic Templeat 217 S. Capital Street will become the new City Hall. The original Temple was built in 1924 at the height of the City Beautiful Movement, and was home so numerous Masonic...

by Christopher Hodapp The Indiana University Center for Fraternal Collections and Research will be hosting the 2023 Scottish Rite Research Society Symposium on October 14, 2023 between 1:00-5:00PM. Everyone is welcome to attend - Masons, non-Masons, and SRRS members. The event will be...

by Christopher Hodapp Tennessee Grand Master James Arnhart has issued a Facebook message this morning stating that the suspect in Monday's break-in and fires at the Chattanooga Masonic Center has been apprehended by authorities in Georgia: Continue reading...

MY SPEAKING EVENT AT NEW YORK'S PELHAM LODGE 712 ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH HAS BEEN CANCELLED! I BROKE MY LEG AND ANKLE AND HAD EMERGENCY SURGERY ON FRIDAY. I AM UNABLE TO TRAVEL AT THIS TIME. My deepest apologies to everyone who was planning to attend. THIS EVENT WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED AS...