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April 22, 1785: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was raised a Master Mason in the Lodge Zur Wohltätigkeit (Beneficence) in Vienna, Austria.
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April 17, 1790: Benjamin Franklin died at the age of 84 in Philadelphia.
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#BenjaminFranklin #Philadelphia #FoundingFathers #AmericanHistory #Inventor #Statesman #GrandLodgeOfPennsylvania #PennsylvaniaFreemasonry #Freemasons #otd
Happy Birthday to M.W. Henry Clay, American Statesman and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, born on this day in 1777.
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#HenryClay #Ashland #GrandLodgeOfKentucky #LexingtonKY #lexingtonkentucky #Freemasons #masonic
April 12, 1787: Richard Allen organized the Free African Society in Philadelphia, a beneficial and moral reform society among free blacks.
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#RichardAllen #PrinceHall #PrinceHallMason #PHA #Freemasons #Freemasonry #masonic
April 12, 1926: Paul Foster Case was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft in Fairport Lodge No. 476 in Fairport, New York.
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April 5, 1886: Rudyard Kipling was initiated an Entered Apprentice (by dispensation) in Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782, E.C. in Lahore, Pakistan.
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#RudyardKipling #NobelPrize #Author #JungleBook #Freemasons #Freemasonry
Happy Birthday to Booker T. Washington, born on this day in 1856.
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April 4, 1778: Voltaire was initiated into Freemasonry at the Loge des Neuf Soeurs in Paris. He was conducted through the degree by Benjamin Franklin.
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#Voltaire #Philosopher #Philosophy #Enlightenment #Freemasons #Freemasonry
April 2, 1870: Buffalo Bill Cody was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft in Platte Valley Lodge No. 32, in North Platte, Nebraska.
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#BuffaloBill #WilliamFCody #BuffaloBillCody #Freemasons #Freemasonry #GrandLodgeOfNebraska
April 2, 1795: Col. John Mitchell was appointed a Deputy Inspector General of the Order of the Royal Secret, a precursor to the Supreme Council, 33° of the Scottish Rite.
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#ScottishRite #SupremeCouncil #RoyalSecret #Freemasonry
April 1, 1878: William Robert Woodman became Supreme Magus of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.)
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March 28, 1972: Walter E. Webber was raised a Master Mason in Casco Lodge No. 36 in Yarmouth, Maine.
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March 28, 1936: General Douglas MacArthur joined the Scottish Rite, receiving the 32nd Degree at Gaumata Consistory in the Philippines.
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#DouglasMacArthur #ScottishRite #Philippines #Freemasons #Freemasonry #WorldWarII #WWII
Happy Birthday to M.W. William L. Greene, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut.
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March 23, 1887: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was raised a Master Mason in Phoenix Lodge No. 257 in Southsea, Hampshire, England.
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#ArthurConanDoyle #SherlockHolmes #Sherlock #Freemasons #Freemasonry #UGLE #UnitedGrandLodgeOfEngland
March 22, 1926: Paul Foster Case was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Fairport Lodge No. 476 in Fairport, New York.
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#PaulFosterCase #BOTA #BuildersoftheAdytum #Tarot #Qabalah #Magick #CeremonialMagick #NewAge #Freemasons
M.W. Randal Jager
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Arizona
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#RandalJager #GrandMaster #GrandLodgeOfArizona #ArizonaFreemasons #ArizonaFreemasonry #DeMolay #ArizonaDeMolay #DeMolayInternational #Freemasons #Freemasonry #Masonic
March 20, 1853: Albert Pike joined the Scottish Rite when he received the degrees from Albert G. Mackey.
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today her viewpoint is reflected by many, including myself. Burlington was a Jacobite and Freemason and the decoration of Chiswick House is encoded with such emblems of loyalty.
Happy Birthday to Nat King Cole, born on this day in 1919.
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