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Sorry. While your statement may be accurate for your jurisdiction, it is incorrect for Freemasonry as a whole.. The US is pretty much the only place that bans alcohol in Lodges. You are very likely to have a drink before and after the stated meeting in most locations. Even my Lodge in...

Not enough information. Is it a formal email? Casual email? Masonic business? You can't go wrong addressing them as you would face to face. Does your GL publish an etiquette guide?

Do a search of this and other Masonic forums and you will find more than a few discussions for and against the Widow's Sons.

That's a shame. I have been away and looks like I missed a fun poster.

Everything I know about gypsies in the UK I learned from Brad Pitt's character in Snatch.

Trade fraternity was my best guess as well. But could.just as likely.be a Masonic item from a rite I am not familiar with.

I'd be out of luck. I don't even keep my dues card on me if I am not heading to Lodge.

Thanks Coach. Now someone needs to sticky this!

And read this excellent post: http://myfreemasonry.com/threads/african-freemasonry-from-facebook-version-16-last-updated-on-14-dec-19.31891/

Close. That's a Level. I believe the emblem on the dagger is a plumbline, represented on that picture on the right side under the open compases. The long rectangle. I'm coming to this conclusion solely because the weight extends below the base which would not work on a level but would on a...

I agree. I was just commenting that if a PHA Brother met a non PHA there might be more than a little headsctatching at some of the questions asked because of the streams we come from.

Thanks. That might shed more light on its origins. Unfortunately I am not well versed in 19th century Swiss organizations.

Interesting find. I'm not sure I see anything overtly Masonic on it other than the Square and Compass. And the addition there of what looks like might be a hammer or pick, makes me wonder if it might be from one of the labor unions like the Junior Order United American Mechanics (JOUAM) from the...

I guessing that you are a Prince Hall Brother? They usually have a much more elaborate question and answer for meeting in public than we see outside PHA.

I've never visited anywhere that expected the Tyler's Oath to be memorized. Thankfully, since I don't have it memorized!

Congratulations on that first step! Now it's time to play the waiting game. We move slow. Glacially sometimes. lol The typical process after you submit a petition in most areas of the US is that at the next Lodge Meeting, your Petition will be read and they'll assign an investigation...