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by Christopher Hodapp The MW Grand Lodge of AF&AM of West Virginia has extended recognition to the MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Tennessee. Yes, that's correct. Tennessee, not West Virginia. My understanding is that they had originally reached out to the MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge of West...

Photo: Fox News by Christopher Hodapp The bronze statue of Scottish Rite sage Albert Pike has been restored by the National Parks Service and put back in place in Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. after being defaced and toppled during George Floyd-related protests in 2020. The...

by Christopher Hodapp Two suspected arsonists were arrested after an historic Australian Masonic temple was severely damaged by fire early Wednesday in New South Wales. The temple was home to Northern Rivers Lodge 77. According to several reports, the 1920's-era brick lodge building itself...

Photo: Mason Lodge 678 in Mason, Ohio by Christopher Hodapp A Masonic temple in a Cincinnati, Ohio suburb escaped what might have been a serious arson fire last month when an incendiary device that was thrown through a window failed to ignite. But police and federal authorities are taking...

by Christopher Hodapp Note: I spotted this story back in April on the 450.fm website (La loge "La Flandre" à Bruges Louvre set ports au public"). Unfortunately, I neglected to post it then. So forgive the tardiness. Founded in 1881, La Flandre Loge (Flanders Lodge) is the oldest Masonic...

Masonic halls contain unique spaces, and we all have countless opportunities to host community activities and be welcoming to our neighbors. In many cases, lodges in smaller towns may have better opportunities to be seen by their surrounding communities than their big city counterparts by virtue...

When the Grand Lodge of Texas built their magnificent art deco/Egyptian-revival grand lodge building in Waco in the 1940s, a mural was designed originally to be installed behind the auditorium's Grand East. It was never completed, for reasons lost in the mists of time. Cheapness, laziness...

by Christopher L. Hodapp Great Britain's Council For Freemasonry has responded to yesterday's idiotic editorial in The Spectator, “There’s something vulgar about Freemasons” by Irish 'journalist' Melanie McDonagh. It reads, in part: The Council for Freemasonry is a cooperative association...

by Christopher L. Hodapp As a kid, I always hated reruns. Turns out that I still don't like them as an adult. London's Metropolitan Police Federation (something like a UK version of a police union) has once again resurrected the snaggletoothed notion that all law enforcement officers be forced...

by Christopher Hodapp I just received a last-minute message from my editor at Wiley that Amazon is offering a flash sale RIGHT NOW on the Kindle version of Freemasons For Dummies for an unbelievable $2.99! That's a markdown from the usual Kindle price of $17.99 and it's available today...

Ben Kohlman, self-portrait/Facebook by Christopher Hodapp The convicted arsonist who set fire to three Masonic halls in Vancouver, Canada back in 2021 is in trouble with the law again, and he still blaming "The Illuminati" for his troubles. On March 8, 2021, Benjamin Orion Carlson Kohlman...

by Christopher Hodapp The following message was circulated to Indiana Freemasons today on the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001, and in the wake of the assassination of TurningPointUSA speaker Charlie Kirk at a university campus in Utah. Upon news of the death, social media...

by Christopher Hodapp What is the modern day purpose of Masonic lodges of research, in an age of podcasts, YouTubes, e-books, video streaming on demand, and the onslaught of self-publishing that has diminished the role of editors and fact-checkers? Next Friday and Saturday, August 19th and...

by Christopher Hodapp A bold vision to try and save historic Masonic temples has tragically failed, apparently. Or at least struck a sizeable reef. News sources in Cleveland, Ohio reported last week that TempleLive, the company operating the Cleveland Masonic Temple and several other landmark...

by Christopher Hodapp UPDATED: Texas Past Grand Master Reese L. Harrison has passed to the Celestial Lodge Above. A post on the Grand Lodge of Texas Facebook page from Grand Master Reader this afternoon says he actually passed on August 29th, and was laid to rest at a private ceremony today...

by Christopher Hodapp If you ever wanted to own your own impressive Masonic hall, head for upstate New York. It’s not every day a nearly-110-year-old, castle-like Masonic Temple with bowling lanes, a ballroom, an organ, and movie-ready tech hits the market for under half-a-million smackers...

Photo: Yeng Abinales for Daily Tribune by Christopher Hodapp A Catholic priest on the Philippine island of Leyte has been temporarily suspended from performing his duties after blessing a Masonic marker at a dedication ceremony in August. Rev. Fr. Luigi Kerschbamer, OAD, Prior Provincial...

by Christopher Hodapp Registration is already up and running for next February's Masonic Week at the Crystal City Double Tree by Hilton in Arlington, Virginia. Mark your Masonic calendar for February 4th through 8th. Held continuously around the Washington DC area ever since 1938, Masonic...

by Christopher Hodapp The George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria has been undergoing a major (and painstaking) exterior restoration project for the last eleven years. The monument to Brother George was built over a century ago and suffered from increasing water damage...

by Christopher Hodapp Most Worshipful Brother Thomas 'Tommy' E. Watson, the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AFM of South Carolina, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday. A message was forwarded to members yesterday by Deputy Grand Master A.C. Flora, IV. Brethren are asked to keep his...