THE MASONIC RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in 1915

THE MASONIC RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in 1915

THE MASONIC RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, appears to have made contact with the Grand Lodge of Scotland, in the midst of the 1st World War

There was read to Grand Committee a letter from Right Worshipful Brother W. H. Melish of Cincinnati, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of an Association which has been organised in the United States of America, for the purpose of raising a Relief Fund to aid the needs of Freemasons and their families who are sufferers through the European War

JOHN PAUL JONES’ BIRTHPLACE FOR SALE – The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland

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THE Scottish birthplace of one of the best-known military leaders of the American Revolution has come on the market for £1.65m. John Paul Jones (1747 – 1792) is best known as “the Father of the American Navy” – thanks to his incredible prowess as a military commander at sea. Jones was born to the head gardener of the estate.