Frater Cliff Porter
Premium Member
The letter "A" is the difference.
Arkansas is F&AM
Alabama is F&AM
Alaska is F&AM
Arizona is F&AM
California is F&AM
Florida is F&AM
Georgia is F&AM
Hawaii is F&AM
Kentucky is F&AM
Louisiana, the Grand Lodge that gave birth to Texas is F&AM even though Texas is AF/AM
Mississippi is F&AM
Nevada is F&AM
New Hamshire is F&AM
New Jersey is F&AM
New York is F&AM
Ohio is F&AM
Pennsylvania is F&AM
Rhode Island is F&AM
South Carolina is AFM or Ancient Free Masonry and neither F/AM or AF/AM
Vermont is F&AM
Tennessee is F&AM
Utah is F&AM
Washington is F&AM
Washington D.C. is F.A.A.M.
Wisconsin is F&AM
There are actually 25 F/AM states beating the 24 AF/AM states.
It has nothing to do with lodges being divided by color at all.
My experience is that you should travel to as many different jurisdictions and within that jurisdiction as you can. You will be surprised at how much lodge varies.
In Scotland, where the Grand Lodge does not control ritual, you can go to a different MM degree every week and never see the same degree even close twice.
Arkansas is F&AM
Alabama is F&AM
Alaska is F&AM
Arizona is F&AM
California is F&AM
Florida is F&AM
Georgia is F&AM
Hawaii is F&AM
Kentucky is F&AM
Louisiana, the Grand Lodge that gave birth to Texas is F&AM even though Texas is AF/AM
Mississippi is F&AM
Nevada is F&AM
New Hamshire is F&AM
New Jersey is F&AM
New York is F&AM
Ohio is F&AM
Pennsylvania is F&AM
Rhode Island is F&AM
South Carolina is AFM or Ancient Free Masonry and neither F/AM or AF/AM
Vermont is F&AM
Tennessee is F&AM
Utah is F&AM
Washington is F&AM
Washington D.C. is F.A.A.M.
Wisconsin is F&AM
There are actually 25 F/AM states beating the 24 AF/AM states.
It has nothing to do with lodges being divided by color at all.
My experience is that you should travel to as many different jurisdictions and within that jurisdiction as you can. You will be surprised at how much lodge varies.
In Scotland, where the Grand Lodge does not control ritual, you can go to a different MM degree every week and never see the same degree even close twice.