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R.W. Thomas W. Jackson
(1934 - 2021)
Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
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2022-02-20

Happy Birthday to Richard Allen, Prince Hall Mason and Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, born on this day in 1760.
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2022-02-14

February 7, 1896: Leon M. Abbott joined the Scottish Rite, receiving the 4th to 14th degrees in the Valley of Boston.
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2022-02-08

Happy Birthday to M.W. Stanton T. Brown, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri.
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2022-01-30

January 22, 1849: Josiah Hayden Drummond was raised a Master Mason in Waterville Lodge No. 33 in Waterville, Maine.
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2022-01-23

January 20, 1926: Norman Vincent Peale was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft in Midwood Lodge No. 1062 in Brooklyn, New York.
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2022-01-21

January 14, 1936: General Douglas MacArthur was made a "Mason at Sight" in the Philippines.
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2022-01-14

January 10, 1871: Buffalo Bill Cody was raised a Master Mason in Platte Valley Lodge No. 32 in North Platte, Nebraska.
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2022-01-10