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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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2021-06-16

June 11, 1825: Sampson Simson, 33° became Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, NMJ.
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2021-06-11

Next page in same album we have the antique Île de la Cité, Paris, with a Jovian Temple where the cathedral now is, and the masonry walls under construction

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2021-06-11

Tonight - from Cubicle 7's The One Ring RPG, we have Jon Hodgson's wandering Hobbit Scholar (2010) scrutinising a slab of broken masonry in thoughtful style. Ok, so the runes are a little weird, but the aesthetic evokes the great Angus McBride, which is never a bad thing

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2021-06-10

June 7, 1894: Leon M. Abbott was raised a Master Mason in Columbian Lodge in Boston, Massachusetts.
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2021-06-07