Mason's, Aliens, Templars and a cup o Tea....................: June 2006

American Co-Masonry - What Masonry Offers: "Art Gallery: Portraits of Free Masons "

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99-1581 -- Voirol v. American Federation of Human Rights -- 07/26/2002: "Freemasonry, the largest and most widely established fraternal order in the world today, enjoys a long and colorful history. Rich in tradition and ritual, Freemasonry's roots run deep. Born of the guild system of medieval Europe, Freemasons first shared a common craft--stonecutters--but soon embraced members from various backgrounds who shared common ideals--fraternity, equality, peace, truth, virtue, enlightenment. Members gathered at their 'lodges' (usually taverns and alehouses) to lend mutual aid and support, first to each other, and later, to all of humanity. Lodge meetings became social rather than business occasions, and on St. John the Baptist's Day, June 24, 1717, at the Goose and Gridiron alehouse, four lodges in London joined in forming a 'Mother Grand Lodge of the World,' soon to be known as the Grand Lodge of England, and elected their first Grand Master. Norman Davies, Europe: A History 633 (1996). This first Grand Lodge became the wellspring of Masonic organization and practice for all Masonic orders and lodges thereafter established in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world."

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