CEDAR RAPIDS - T.S. Parvin, the first grand secretary of what would become the Iowa Masonic Library and Museums, died in 1901. However, the makers of his headstone carved an '18--” in anticipation of ...

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On Jan. 16, the William Sutton Masonic Lodge recently welcomed the new district deputy grand master for the 4th Masonic District, Alan R. Welch, for his first fraternal visit. Welch is a member of ...

It's going on 50 years since I talked with Lon Kvasager. That's when he was a Cub Scout in Troop 20. Now, he is Grand Master of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of North Dakota. As such, he will be ...

WAYLAND — A local man has been installed as senior grand warden for the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts, the fraternaty organization's second-highest elected position. A ceremony for John Craig ...

PHILADELPHIA, June 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — “Lay Down Weapons” is a call by Worshipful Grand Master of Prince Hall Grand Lodge, free and accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, in honor of Juneteenth to all ...

Paul Fulton Gleason, of Winchester, was installed as the 89th Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts. Gleason is following in the footsteps of Past Grand Masters like Paul Revere and General Joseph ...

MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro Chapter of Freemasonry is celebrating their 150th anniversary this year. The May Flower Lodge kicked off a year of festivities with a special celebration to honor their 150 ...

A man was tackled while he was trying to light couches on fire inside the Grand Lodge of Masons in Boston Monday night.Fire officials said Kevin Jones, 31, of Dorchester, walked into the building on ...

It all started at the Bunch of Grapes tavern — on what is now State Street in Boston, when a fellow named Henry Price gathered 17 men and established the first Grand Masonic Lodge in the New World.

Although now it is abandoned, the Grand Masonic Temple in Pine Bluff has had a storied history. The idea for the temple was conceived by Grand Master Moses A. Clark in 1902. The cornerstone was laid ...