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by Christopher Hodapp The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa yesterday featured a substantial and nicely written piece about the Grand Lodge of Iowa's magnificent Library and Museum and its... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp It doesn't take much these days to send the conspiracy lovers into orbit. A story appeared on the website of Australia's 9News TV station in Sydney on August 19th, reporting... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp A new book about Freemasonry is getting a lot of positive coverage in the press. The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World by John Dickie was published several weeks... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp It began in a bar, as only the finest, dazzlingly harebrained schemes should, over watery glasses of well-brand scotch. It was predictably frigid in Washington, D.C. that... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp On Thursday this week, it was announced that the five valleys of the Scottish Rite NMJ in Michigan have voted to merge to become one single Scottish Rite Valley for the state.... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp At the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939, Fascist dictator Francisco Franco took power and would rule Spain for another four decades. Like his fascist contemporaries Adolf... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp There's an article this week on the Scottish Rite Museum's blog about an Order of the Eastern Star display at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1896. I love anything... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp I spotted an interesting tidbit in the news today that demonstrates how a Masonic lodge can be of unique service to its surrounding community. The Masonic Center in Clinton,... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Over the last couple of weeks, I have been working with the good folks at Wiley Publishing to find a way to offer a substantial discount to lodges and grand lodges who wish to... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp (UPDATE 8:38PM 7/30/20: An earlier version of this story erroneously said Oscar Alleyne, the Senior Grand Warden of New York was in attendance. He was not. I regret the... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp NOTE: This story has been updated as of 12:01AM 7/28 to reflect corrected information about John Lewis' Masonic record. Thanks to Derinique Kendrick in Georgia for the... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Freemasons help their communities all over the world, and in countless ways. In the village of Chalan Kanoa on the Pacific island of Saipan, local Masons have just... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp The Omaha headquarters of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Nebraska was vandalized and robbed last Monday night. According to a report on KETV-7, a brick was... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp The historic home of North Carolina's first African-American Masonic lodge, King Solomon Lodge No. 1 (PHA) in New Bern, is being restored to its Civil War-era appearance,... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp My longtime friend and Masonic Brother John 'Bo' Cline, passed away from acute leukemia on Wednesday. My deepest condolences to his dear wife Beth, to Josh, Megan, and all... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp My post on July 4th, Why Freemasonry Still Matters, generated an unprecedented amount of discussion, pro and con, in numerous Facebook groups and elsewhere over the last... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

Harlan brings a super-sized bottle of bourbon so Ass. Producer Marshall shows up Tony shows up too; we should have gallon jugs of whiskey at every After Lodge The Angry Chaplain and his many costumes. His psychologist visits must be postponed due to COVID-19. Harlan misses the mark catching up...

Photo: Flint C. Hollars by Christopher Hodapp The Masonic Temple in Healdsburg, California is home to Sotoyome-Curtis Lodge 123. Their ground-floor tenant has apparently been listening at the door... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

Photo: (George Johnston — Daily News) by Christopher Hodapp A volunteer group of graphic artists has pooled their talents to cover the exterior walls of their northern California town with public... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Sometimes a story comes along that is so completely odd that I just sit and stare at the screen and wonder how to even begin to describe it. An elderly dementia sufferer from... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...