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76 years ago today..They didn’t ask for safe spaces.They didn’t ask for therapy dogs.They didn’t cry about how it wasn’t fair. They didn’t give two shits about political correctness. They ran towards danger.They smiled in the face of hardship.They fought. For you.For me. A bunch of them didn’t come home.A bunch of them never saw…
“When Freemasons engage in any just and laudable undertaking they go hand in hand with unanimity and success generally crowns their efforts…” It didn’t take long after our Grand Lodge was defaced, a few Brothers from University Lodge No. 51 and one from Lodge No. 3 (my lodge!) came down to the Temple and cleaned…
A fraternity that does so much for it’s local community, and these animals do this…
So I came across Rambo: Last Blood freely available on Amazon Prime and figured what the hell.. oof… first two thirds of the movie was absolute trash. 😫Last one third of it though kind of somewhat redeemed itself for some entertainment, and the nostalgiac montage at the end was a nice touch. Overall, it’s a…
Today is International Nurses Day so let’s look back to when a key part of masonic history was caught on camera, as Her Majesty the Queen left hospital in 2013. The distinctive belt buckle worn by the nurse shows that she trained at what was the Royal Masonic Hospital in London. King George V and Queen Mary opened…
It’s a sad day today, we had to say goodbye to Diesel, my loyal companion of 13 years. He was the goodest of good boys and in a fitting final ride, he was carried off in a Jeep by the vet.
Easter Sunday baskets in 2020 be like…
Country music star Brad Paisley is a proud Freemason. He’s a member of Franklin Lodge No. 7 in Tennessee, as well as a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. He’s used his star power to promote and support both the Shriners Hospitals for Children and the Masonic youth group DeMolay International.
In Freemasonry, the gavel is the tongue of the lodge and the emblem of authority of the Worshipful Master presiding in it. But did you know that the use of gavels in modern day legislatures and courts may have started with the Freemasons? Gavels were commonly used to rule Masonic Lodges, dating back to the…
The Mayo Clinic is one of the most famous hospitals in the United States. Did you know it has Masonic roots? The founder, Dr. Charles H. Mayo, was a Mason, as were his Brothers and his son. The clinic actually began in the Masonic Temple building in Rochester Minnesota and, for years, the Grand Lodge of Minnesota maintained a…