May 2, 1726: Voltaire was released from the Bastille and sent into exile in England.
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Happy Birthday to M.W. Stanley F. Maxwell, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, born on this day in 1910.
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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 12, 1787: Richard Allen organized the Free African Society in Philadelphia, a beneficial and moral reform society among free blacks.
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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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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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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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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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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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A rather boring thread about old ways of cutting stone, which is redeemed in the end with a story about an anarchist bricklayer, and in which I also reveal the secret of the practically god-like powers of the stonemason (me).

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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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March 20, 1853: Albert Pike joined the Scottish Rite when he received the degrees from Albert G. Mackey.
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The Greek god Hephaestus was born deformed & ugly, so his mother Hera flung him off Mount Olympus. Being the god of metalworking, masonry, & other crafts, Hephaestus takes revenge by building Hera a gold throne that traps her when she sits on it.

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