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Happy Birthday to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born on this day in 1859.
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Francis George Paul, 33°. Past Sovereign Grand Commander. Scottish Rite, NMJ
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Buffalo Bill Cody. Wild West Showman
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May 19, 1806: J.J.J. Gourgas was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Lodge L’Union Francaise No. 17 in New York.
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Scott Wolter. America Unearthed
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#ScottWolter #AmericaUnearthed #HookedX #KnightsTemplar #KensingtonRunestone #Freemasons #Freemasonry #TravisSimpkins #History #art #portrait #sketch #television #documentary #NewportTower
May 18, 1691: Sir Christopher Wren was “adopted” into the Fraternity of Accepted Masons.
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#ChristopherWren #Freemasons #Freemasonry #RoyalSociety #Masons #Architect #Architecture #Fraternity #UGLE #UnitedGrandLodgeOfEngland #art
John Bizzack. Lexington Lodge No.1
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Norman Vincent Peale. The Power of Positive Thinking
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#NormanVincentPeale #PowerOfPositiveThinking #inspiration #NewAge #Faith #clergy #TravisSimpkins #art #portrait #sketch #knowledge #Freemasons #Freemasonry #ScottishRite
Happy Birthday to M.W. John May, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Alaska.
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#JohnMay #GrandMaster #GrandLodgeOfAlaska #AlaskaFreemasonry #Freemasons #Freemasonry #Masonic #TravisSimpkins #art #portrait #sketch
May 10, 1940: Winston Churchill began his first term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Happy Birthday to Sir Israel Brodie, former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, born on this day in 1895.
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Happy Birthday to Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President, born on this day in 1884.
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#HarrySTruman #POTUS #presidentoftheunitedstates #WhiteHouse #WashingtonDC #AmericanHistory #history #Freemasons #Freemasonry #GrandMaster #GrandLodgeOfMissouri #sketch
Audie Murphy
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#AudieMurphy #actor #History #WorldWarII #WWII #hero #MedalOfHonor #TravisSimpkins #Freemasons #Freemasonry #ScottishRite #Western #singersongwriter #music #Countrymusic #USArmy #AmericanHistory #portrait #sketch
May 3, 1775: Isaiah Thomas resumed printing his Massachusetts Spy newspaper in his new home in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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#IsaiahThomas #AmericanHistory #AmericanRevolution #AmericanAntiquarianSociety #GrandMaster #Freemasons
May 3, 1886: Rudyard Kipling was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft in Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782, E.C. in Lahore, India (now in Pakistan).
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May 2, 1726: Voltaire was released from the Bastille and sent into exile in England.
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#Voltaire #Bastille #Exile #Philosophy #satire #Enlightenment #knowledge #wisdom #Philosopher #Freemasons #Freemasonry #TravisSimpkins #history
Tom Mix
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#TomMix #Freemasons #Freemasonry #TravisSimpkins #History #art #portrait #sketch #Film #cinema #Hollywood #movies #SilentFilms #Cowboy #OldWest #Western #GrandLodgeOfCalifornia
April 30, 1789: George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States.
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#GeorgeWashington #FirstPresident #inauguration #POTUS #presidentoftheunitedstates #AmericanHistory #OnThisDay #Freemasons #Bible
S. Brent Morris, 33°, GC
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#SBrentMorris #QuatuorCoronati #ScottishRite #SupremeCouncil #HouseOfTheTemple #Freemasons #Freemasonry #TravisSimpkins #sketch #portrait #art #Magic #ScottishRiteJournal #Masonic #books #knowledge
Happy Birthday to James Monroe, born on this day in 1758.
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#JamesMonroe #MonroeDoctrine #AmericanHistory #foundingfathers #POTUS #presidentoftheunitedstates #WhiteHouse #WashingtonDC #GrandLodgeOfVirginia #Freemasons #freemasonry