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March 20, 1853: Albert Pike joined the Scottish Rite when he received the degrees from Albert G. Mackey.
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Happy Birthday to Nat King Cole, born on this day in 1919.
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March 14, 1861: Eliphas Levi was initiated in the Lodge Rose du Parfait Silence, Grand Orient of France.
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Happy Birthday to Albert G. Mackey, 33°. Born on this day in 1807.
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Anson Burlingame
(1820 - 1870)
United States Minister to China (Qing Empire)
Member of Amicable Lodge in Cambridge, MA
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March 5, 1846: Rob Morris was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Oxford Lodge No. 33 in Mississippi.
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March 3, 1753: George Washington was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft in Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia.
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Happy Birthday to R.W. Thomas Rorrie, Past Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
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Happy Birthday to M.W. Jim Mendoza, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Washington.
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February 23, 1887: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft in Phoenix Lodge No. 257 in Southsea, Hampshire, England.
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February 21, 1925: Tom Mix was raised a Master Mason in Utopia Lodge No. 537 in Los Angeles, California
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R.W. Thomas W. Jackson
(1934 - 2021)
Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
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Happy Birthday to artist Grant Wood, born on this day in 1891
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Happy Birthday to Eliphas Levi, born on this day in 1810.
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Thomas Smith Webb
(1771 - 1819)
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Happy Birthday to Norman Rockwell, born on this day in 1894.
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February 1, 1868: William Robert Woodman was appointed to the office of Secretary General in the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.).
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Happy Birthday to Franklin D. Roosevelt, born on this day in 1882.
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Happy Birthday to M.W. Stanton T. Brown, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri.
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Happy Birthday to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born on this day in 1756.
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