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Easter Sunday 2020

Posted on April 11, 2020April 3, 2020 by Michael Hodges

Easter Sunday baskets in 2020 be like…

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Famous Freemason: Brad Paisley

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Michael Hodges

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.

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The Gavel

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Michael Hodges

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…

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Dr. Charles H. Mayo

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Michael Hodges

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…

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Wawa Pride

Posted on January 5, 2020January 11, 2020 by Michael Hodges

So this plastic Wawa bag got caught up on my antenna while driving down the Pennsylvania turnpike and now it looks like some rally antenna flag for Wawa pride or like a crips and bloods gang thing asserting pride in one’s chosen side on the convenience store issue here between Wawa and Sheetz.

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Freemasonry in Iran

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Michael Hodges

The Grand Lodge of Iran, established in 1969 in Tehran, existed in the country prior to the Islamic Revolution of 1979. At its height, it counted 43 Lodges and at least 1,035 members. Since the Revolution, Freemasonry has been banned in Iran; a “Grand Lodge of Iran in Exile” was created to provide a home…

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Glock Revolver

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Michael Hodges

It’s rimfire too! 9mm… rimfire… 🤔

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Texas counties named for Freemasons

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Michael Hodges

Of the 254 counties in Texas, 102 are named for Freemasons. Among them are Stephen F. Austin, Robert Emmett, Bledsoe Baylor, James Bowie, David Crockett, George M. Dallas, Rev. John B. Denton, Jack Hayes, Sam Houston, Anson Jones, Mirabeau B. Lamar, James Madison, Pat Neff, James K. Polk, Sam Ross, Adolphus Sterne, Edward H. Tarrant,…

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(Bor)-Doh!

Posted on May 17, 2019December 9, 2019 by Michael Hodges

I’m more inclined to believe it was done intentionally as a publicity stunt, as the purchase price of that wine isn’t anywhere near the $5700 they would have sold it for, and it might have been something in the cellar lingering around too long too. Either way, a funny story here. From NBC: Restaurant accidentally…

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AT-AT QRF

Posted on May 12, 2019December 8, 2019 by Michael Hodges
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