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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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2022-04-04

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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2022-04-02

March 28, 1972: Walter E. Webber was raised a Master Mason in Casco Lodge No. 36 in Yarmouth, Maine.
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2022-03-28

March 28, 1936: General Douglas MacArthur joined the Scottish Rite, receiving the 32nd Degree at Gaumata Consistory in the Philippines.
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2022-03-28

Happy Birthday to M.W. William L. Greene, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut.
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2022-03-25

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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2022-03-23

March 22, 1926: Paul Foster Case was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Fairport Lodge No. 476 in Fairport, New York.
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2022-03-22

March 20, 1853: Albert Pike joined the Scottish Rite when he received the degrees from Albert G. Mackey.
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2022-03-20

March 14, 1861: Eliphas Levi was initiated in the Lodge Rose du Parfait Silence, Grand Orient of France.
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2022-03-14

March 10, 1841: Henry L. Palmer was raised a Master Mason in Evening Star Lodge No. 75 in West Troy, New York.
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2022-03-10

March 9, 1897: Frederic B. Stevens was raised a Master Mason in Union Lodge of Strict Observance No. 3 in Detroit, Michigan.
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2022-03-10

Anson Burlingame
(1820 - 1870)
United States Minister to China (Qing Empire)
Member of Amicable Lodge in Cambridge, MA
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2022-03-09

March 5, 1870: William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Platte Valley Lodge No. 32, in North Platte, Nebraska.
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2022-03-06

March 5, 1846: Rob Morris was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Oxford Lodge No. 33 in Mississippi.
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2022-03-05

March 3, 1863: George Elbridge Boyden was raised a Master Mason in Montacute Lodge in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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2022-03-04

March 3, 1926: Norman Vincent Peale was raised a Master Mason in Midwood Lodge No. 1062 in Brooklyn, New York.
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2022-03-03

March 3, 1753: George Washington was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft in Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia.
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2022-03-03