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by Christopher Hodapp It was almost 160 years ago to the day, on April 12, 1861, when the South Carolina militia opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina and kicked off the Civil War, the... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp The master builders at Legoland Discovery Center in Plymouth Meeting, PA have made a scale model of the beautiful and historic Philadelphia Masonic Temple. In the video,... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

The smoke from a burning Masonic hall casts a sickening pall over the Vancouver skyline early Tuesday morning. Photo from the LG Bridge by Northvan_Dan on Twitter. by Christopher... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

The second of three Vancouver Masonic halls that sustained major damage from arson fires on Tuesday. (Photo: Carol Reimer) by Christopher Hodapp (UPDATED March 31, 2021 at 8AM: This story... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp For over a year now, Disney has been floating the story that they are really and truly finally at work on a sequel to the 2004 box office blockbuster, National... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Late this afternoon, Facebook lit up with the news that the assembled members of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee have just voted to extend recognition to the Most... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

Bro. Sean joins us from polar bear land We also found a castaway from the capitol riots Are there more of us on the show than there are listeners?! What is "martial law", and is laundering firearms . . . a thing? Generational differences among Masons--part 955 Sean teaches us a bit about the...

by Christopher Hodapp PeacockTV, NBC's new subscription streaming TV service, has announced that they have ordered the TV pilot based on Dan Brown's Masonic-themed thriller, The Lost Symbol, to be... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Earlier this month, Facebook decided with its infinite, artificial sagacity to declare this blog site to be spam, for some undisclosed reason. How they arrived at such a... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp A fascinating new book has just been released that will be an invaluable tool for historians researching the pre-Revolutionary War days of Freemasonry in America.... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Deepest apologies for no updated stories here for the last couple of weeks. Alice and I are in the final deadline week for our new book project. Folks have asked what... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp The Grand Lodge of New York's Jurisprudence Committee has weighed in on the permissibility of Grand Master William Sardone's rescheduling of their annual meeting for 2021 due... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp New York Grand Master William Sardone has issued a lengthy response to an open letter posted last week by Grand Treasurer, Steven Adam Rubin. It is posted in its entirety... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Think you might be the next Super Mason who can 'save Freemasonry' with your super powers? Well, there's good news for the well-dressed fraternal savior. Can't be a... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Grand lodges all across the country – and around the world – have struggled over the last 10 months with the problem of how to hold their constitutionally-required annual... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp Like so many other groups all over the world, the annual Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America has been forced to drop its in-person meeting this year because... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

South Carolina Past Grand Master Michael D. Smith by Christopher Hodapp A story from the Grand Lodge of South Carolina has been brewing for several months under the wire, but details are... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

Has John really seen us as often as we've seen each other in the last year? Probably . . . Commercial marketing and 2020 What did we all get from Masonic Santa Claus? Entered Apprentices are Freemasons . . . when can jurisdictions get back to consensus about that? Somehow we tangented to...

by Christopher Hodapp MW Robert V. Monacelli, the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F&AM of New Jersey, has just issued an edict posthumously proclaiming the late Brian David Sicknick as an... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...

by Christopher Hodapp The January/February 2021 issue of American Spirit Magazine features a pictorial article about noteworthy Masonic buildings around the U.S. The magazine is a publication of the... For the latest news and information from around the Masonic world, be sure to check the...