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by Christopher Hodapp Monday night saw the very first official joint meeting of the Grand Lodge F&AM of Tennessee and the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Tennessee F&AM. An estimated 167 Brethren attended this historic gathering for the raising of a new Master Mason at West...

by Christopher Hodapp The VERY BRIEF bulk ordering window for Amity's updated 2023 international listing of regular, recognized Masonic grand lodges and lodges ended on Saturday. They first started taking orders back on June 15th and the deadline for bulk orders ended on July 15th. But you...

by Christopher Hodapp If you were a fan of the 2018-19 A&E TV series Knightfall, or discovered it on Netflix more recently, be aware that the streaming network is dropping the show on August 14th. Netflix's licensing deal was for a limited time, so if you had intended to go binge watching the...

Photo: Antique Galleries of Palm Springs by Christopher Hodapp Interesting article over the weekend in the Desert Sun newspaper out in Palm Springs, California. Antique dealer Mike Rivkin has a piece on collecting Masonic regalia. According to Rivkin there's been an increase in non-Masons...

by Christopher Hodapp Last July, the Grand Lodge of California created what became a popular social media campaign centered around the hashtag #ImAMason. The strategy was simple: create a written or video message to post on Facebook or Instagram (or both) briefly telling your friends and...

Photo: Dimitris Peristeris/Intime News by Christopher Hodapp A bomb exploded early this morning at the entrance of the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite building in Athens, Greece. A young man was spotted by a passing pedestrian who said he dropped a backpack at the door...

Brother Robert Wise, 55, killed Monday after officer's installation (Photos: McAllen Lodge 1110 Facebook page) by Christopher Hodapp Police in McAllen, Texas have arrested a man in connection with the Monday night shooting death of Brother Robert Wise outside of the Masonic hall of McAllen...

by Christopher Hodapp MW Richard W. Kaeser, Jr., Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri AF&AM, has announced the resignation of MWB Jon B. Broyles as their Grand Secretary. (Click the announcement above to enlarge.) PGM Jon Broyles was Grand Master in 2013-14, and has served just two...

by Christopher Hodapp Police have arrested a man connected with the June 14th destruction of the Masonic Hall shared by Leesburg Lodge 58 and The Villages Lodge 394 near Orlando, Florida. Luke Pratt, 22, had been spotted on surveillance video standing outside the building when the fire...

by Christopher Hodapp Calling all Masonic artists! The Masonic Library & Museum of Pennsylvania is holding an open art competition and Grand Exhibition this year, with the theme "Embodying Masonic Values." The call for entries is now open. All artwork entries must display a visual...

by Christopher Hodapp This year marks the 300th anniversary of the publication of James Anderson's Constitutions of the Freemasons in 1723, the foundational document of the fraternity. On June 23-24 (St. John's Day), the 2023 Universal Brotherhood Celebration will take place in the...

by Christopher Hodapp A devastating fire destroyed the Masonic hall in Leesburg, Florida Wednesday night, following a break in. Leesburg Lodge 58 lost everything in the fire that began about 10:30PM, and arson investigators believe the blaze was deliberately set. The Leesburg lodge hall was...

by Christopher Hodapp An agreement has been reached between the Grand Lodge F&AM of Tennessee and the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Tennessee F&AM regarding visitation policies for their lodges and members. A letter was sent yesterday by MW James Rhyne Arnhart, Jr., Grand Master of...

by Christopher Hodapp The 2023 California Masonic Symposium on June 28th may perhaps be the most unusual educational program ever put on by a grand lodge: "Brother Harry Houdini – The Master Mystic & the Masonic Ties to Our Craft." Throughout its modern history, there have been active...

(Image: Brother Steven McKim) by Christopher Hodapp In the mid-2010s, American Freemasons started falling in love with the concept of state or regional Masonic Cons – large-scale Masonic conventions that bring together guest speakers, education presentations, seminars, and discussion...

by Christopher Hodapp At 7:30pm on June 19th, 2023, Atlanta-Peachtree Lodge No. 59 will host Worshipful Brother Dr. Ric Berman at an open event at the Atlanta Masonic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Berman will be giving his presentation "1723: Inventing the Future," which commemorates the...

by Christopher Hodapp I've been woefully remiss in failing to promote the ongoing Masonic education video presentations posted by the fine brethren at Kentucky's Rubicon Masonic Society, in conjunction with Lexington Lodge 1 and the William O. Ware Lodge of Research. The May 22nd, 2023 program...

Photo: Bruce Hinde by Christopher Hodapp On April 22nd, the Grand Lodge F&AM of Colorado consecrated the new lodge hall of Elk Mountain Lodge 118 in one of the most unusual locations in the world — inside of a former steel grain storage silo (photo above). Photo: WB David Moran...

NY GM restores amity with Scotland (artist rendering). by Christopher Hodapp The Grand Lodge of New York has at last settled its six-year-long dispute with the Grand Lodge of Scotland and restored fraternal relations. Announcements were officially issued this morning by New York's Grand...

by Christopher Hodapp Many thanks to WB Will Green, the Brethren, and the many visitors at Adelphic-Union Lodge 14 of the MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New York for such a warm welcome last night. I'll make a ballpark guess and estimate more than 70 Masons turned out for the evening. I learn...