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June 9, 1806: J.J.J. Gourgas was both passed to the degree of Fellowcraft and raised a Master Mason in Lodge L’Union Francaise No. 17 in New York.
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2021-06-09

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

May 31, 1801: The "Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree for the United States of America" was formed in Charleston, South Carolina with Col. John Mitchell presiding as first Sovereign Grand Commander.
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2021-05-31

Happy Birthday to the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, author of “The Power of Positive Thinking”, born on this day in 1898.
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2021-05-31

May 30, 1778: Voltaire, French Enlightenment philosopher, died in Paris at the age of 83.
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2021-05-30

May 22, 1861: Mark Twain was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Polar Star Lodge No. 79 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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2021-05-22