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July 10, 1861: Mark Twain, was raised a Master Mason in Polar Star Lodge No. 79 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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2021-07-10

July 3, 1846: Rob Morris was raised a Master Mason in Oxford Lodge No. 33 in Mississippi.
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2021-07-03

June 28, 1926: Paul Foster Case was raised a Master Mason in Fairport Lodge No. 476 in Fairport, New York.
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2021-06-28

Happy Birthday to M.W. Malcolm B. Wernik, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, born on this day in 1931.
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2021-06-25

Happy Birthday to Frank S. "Dad" Land, 33°, GC. Founder of the Order of DeMolay. Born on this day in 1890.
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2021-06-21

June 20, 1881: Albert Mackey, Masonic scholar, died at the age of 74 in Fort Monroe, Virginia.
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2021-06-20

June, 1752 (exact date unknown): Benjamin Franklin conducted his famous “kite experiment.”
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