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Happy Birthday to Astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn, 33°. Born on this day in 1921.
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2022-07-18

June 11, 1825: Sampson Simson, 33° became Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, NMJ upon the death of SGC Daniel D. Tompkins, 33°.
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2022-06-11

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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2022-05-19

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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2022-04-27

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 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

February 27, 1928: Norman Vincent Peale received the 32nd Degree in the Scottish Rite Valley of Syracuse, New York.
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2022-02-28

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

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

November 24, 1807: Sampson Simson was raised a Master Mason in Clinton Lodge No. 143 in New York.
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2021-11-25

November 12, 1808: J.J.J. Gourgas was appointed a Deputy Inspector General of the Rite of Perfection at New York by John Gabriel Tardy.
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2021-11-12

September 27, 1973: Stanley F. Maxwell, 33° was elected an Active Member at Large by the Supreme Council, 33°, NMJ.
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2021-09-27

September 26, 1985: Francis G. Paul, 33° was installed as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, NMJ.
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2021-09-26