Davy Crockett – Freemason, frontiersman, folk hero, congressman and Alamo defender

Famed as a frontiersman, folk hero, congressman and Alamo defender, Davy Crockett was one of the most celebrated and mythologized figures in American history. Crockett’s biographers often say there were actually two Crocketts: David, the frontiersman and congressman martyred at the Alamo, and Davy, the larger-than-life folk hero whose exploits were glorified in several books and a series of almanacs

An American Masonic Crisis

THE sombre side of history also serves its purpose, for it brings into sharp relief the high lights which would otherwise stand upon the horizon of past events without a distinguishing contrast. The story of Freemasonry is no exception, and is incomplete without a recital of the opposition directed against the institution by political and ecclesiastical adversaries

A Masonic City

A post today on the Scottish Rite NMJ’s Facebook page was intriguing, but unfortunately didn’t include enough information. So I went and looked. The city of Apopka, Florida (near Orlando) has an unusual feature as part of its official city seal – a Masonic square and compass (just after the word “of” in the image … Read more

GRAND LODGES: FRANCE, GERMANY, ETC

by Bro. H.L. HAYWOOD, Editor THE BUILDER The Builder Magazine, June 1924 – Volume X – Number 6 FRANCE, GERMANY, ETC   1. FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE The earliest protagonists of the Craft in France are almost mythical figures, and move about in a fog of rumor and conjecture, so that it is exceedingly difficult to … Read more