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In 1940, the Master Mason Degree was conferred on a Candidate in the Morton Salt Mine at Grand Saline in Texas. It took half an hour to convey members of Grand Saline Lodge 1269 and visiting brethren, sixty men in all, to the underground Lodge rooms.

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On 23 August 1879, a French Lodge held a meeting, with the initiation of a Candidate for Freemasonry, in a giant balloon above Paris.

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While it is often the case that sons follow their father's into Masonry, few have also followed those footsteps further.

J. A. Bonner was Master of Eureka Lodge 1050 in Texas. His six sons were later also Masters of the same Lodge.

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In 1947, eleven brothers of the Caldwell family raised a twelfth brother of their family to the Degree of Master Mason in Corinthian Lodge 96, Barrie, Ontario.

In Twilight Lodge 114, Colombia, Missouri, eight Walden brothers raised a nineth to the Degree of Master Mason on 6 June 1947.

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On 13 May 1928, in Madison Lodge 93, Madison, New Jersey, the triplets Alfred, Frederich, and Harold Budd were jointly raised to the Degree of Master Mason.

The triplets Kelsey, Kenneth, and Kermit Grey were raised to the Degree of Master Mason in Rising Sun Lodge 71, Orlando, Marine in 1935, 1936 and, 1937 respectively.

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Aside from the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England (a ceremonial office), it is normal for Grand Masters to be elected for between one and four year terms, with one possible reelection.

Thomas Shryock of Maryland held his office for nearly thirty-three years, and at least two English Grand Masters have held on to their offices for twenty-seven years each.

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In a very basic sense, aside from the ideal of making good people better, Freemasonry is based on the reflection and exploration of opposites: light and dark; good and evil; truth and lies; life and death.

It is not an exercise in justification, or of pitting one argument against another, but an attempt at pure reflection over our lives and beliefs, ethics and actions.

It is an exercise in knowing yourself.

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The oldest registered Lodge under the United Grand Lodge of England not based in England is Lodge Star in the East 67 in Kolkata, India. The second oldest is the Lodge of St. John 115 in Gibraltar.

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The Light of Iran Lodge 1498 is located in Mumbai, India, and constituted under the Grand Lodge of Scotland.

There is a Grand Lodge of Iran (in exil) in the United States, but it is considered irregular and not recognised. Darius the Great Lodge works in Persian and is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, under the Grand Lodge British Freemasonry in Germany.

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Mother Kilwinning Lodge in Kilwinning, Scotland, as the oldest Scottish Lodge, has lent its famous name to several other Scottish Lodges. At present there are forty-five Lodges using the name as part of their Lodge title, spread across Scotland, Canada, Hong Kong and elsewhere.

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St. John's Chapel, Edinburgh, claims the oldest extant Lodge rooms worldwide, dating from 1736.

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Freemasonry has existed in Moldova for over two hundred years, but the light was temporarily extinguished until 1997, when the Grand Lodge of Italy assisted in returning it.

Marea Loja a Moldovei (the Grand Lodge of Moldova) has 17 Lodges, 14 of them in Chisinau, and one each in Tiraspol, Cahul and Balti.

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Neither North nor South Korea have Grand Lodges or an established Masonic structure. Under the Grand Lodge of Japan, the Matthew Bunker Ridgway Lodge 27 is constituted in Pyeongtaek in Korea.

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#blip of a #Breton #stone wall after all the plants have been removed from it so it's ready to be repointed.

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The first Lodge established in Japan was constituted under the Grand Lodge of England in 1865 at Yokohama. The Grand Lodge of Japan was constituted on Saturday, 16 March 1957 and comprises 19 Lodges of which the Far East Lodge at Yokohama Kanagawa-ken is number one.

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The Goose and Gridiron Ale House, where the first Grand Lodge was organised and constituted in 1717, stood near St. Paul's Churchyard in London. It was demolished in 1893-94.

According to historical records, this Lodge first met in 1691.

A Masonic memorial stands on the site today, and a modern restaurant bears the original name.

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One of the symbolic punishments for Masonic treatment speaks of a place where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, and where historically traitors were left to nature's wrath for their crimes.

Two major stretches of water do not give this common movement of tides, the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Mexico.

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The village of Kilwinning in Scotland, with its famous Abbey, is also renowned for the origin of Freemasonry in Scotland. The Mother Kilwinning Lodge is situated here, and is the only Lodge worldwide entitled to bear the Lodge number zero.

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The monthly guest evening, where those who have an interest in Freemasonry in general are invited to a convivial conversation round with members of North Sea Armed Forces Lodge 829 in Bremen, will be held on Monday, 17 August 2026, beginning at 18.00.

Contact for more information through the Lodge website, in the profile.

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The first Masonic Lodge in Hawaii was established under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of France. Two Hawaiian kings have presided as Masters.

Later Lodges were constituted under the Grand Lodge of California. The Grand Lodge F&AM of Hawaii was constituted on Saturday, 20 May 1989 and has 11 Lodges.

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The highest Lodge in the United States is Corinthian Lodge 42 in Kokoma, Colorado, and stands 10,613 feel (3235m) above sea level.

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The biggest Do-it-yourself Project I ever tackled was building my first house. My father and I did all the work except for the masonry. 1978. #house #stickbuilt #framing #houseframing #lumber #lumberyard #insulation #masonry #foundatiion #cinderblock #cinderblocks #doityourself #doityourselfproject #homeimprovement #homeproject #building #builders #construction #constructionwork #home #house #houses #homes #juniatacounty #pennsylvania #1970s #twentiethcentury #bilevel #hometypes #types

The Roof of the World Lodge 1094 is situated on the crest of Cerro de Pasco at Oroya in Peru. It is at roughly 14,208 feet (4331m) above sea level.

The Lodge works under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland.

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While the Statue of Liberty was designed and constructed in France, it had to be placed upon a solid base at its final destination. These foundations were laid according to Masonic tradition, with the cornerstone being set by William Brodie, Grand Master of Masons in New York, on 5 August 1884.

The record shows that it rained on that day.

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Each Masonic office in a Lodge has its own symbol or jewel, but different jurisdictions sometimes have different symbols for their officers. While the Master's jewel is accepted throughout the world as the Masonic Square, that of the Senior Deacon can be the sun in a sunburst, a dove with an olive branch, or a maul and trowel.

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One of the best-known symbols of Freemasonry is the All Seeing Eye, which adorns aprons, altars, and banners. This is hardly an exclusive symbol, however, and has its roots in ancient Egyptian mythology as well as being used in more modern symbolic depictions.

A memorial banner in Oldenburg, Germany, created following the 1848 revolution, shows a soaring eagle clasping two smaller banners beneath the All Seeing Eye.

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