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Happy Birthday to M.W. Stanley F. Maxwell, Past Grand Master of Massachusetts and Past SGC of the Scottish Rite NMJ, born on this day in 1910.
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2021-04-27

April 22, 1785: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was raised a Master Mason in the Lodge Zur Wohltätigkeit (Beneficence) in Vienna, Austria.
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2021-04-22

April 10, 1902: A.E. Waite was admitted to the grade of Zelator in the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.).
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2021-04-10

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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2021-04-05

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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2021-04-04

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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2021-04-02

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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2021-04-02

March 28, 1972: Walter E. Webber was raised a Master Mason in Casco Lodge No. 36 in Yarmouth, Maine.
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2021-03-28

March 28, 1936: General Douglas MacArthur joined the Scottish Rite, receiving the 32nd Degree at Gaumata Consistory in the Philippines.
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2021-03-28

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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2021-03-23

March 22, 1926: Paul Foster Case was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Fairport Lodge No. 476 in Fairport, New York.
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2021-03-22