World War I Carvings Found In France

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Eight miles of secret tunnels dug by allied forces during WWI deep in the forests of Northern France have recently been discovered by an amateur battlefield explorer. They were used, in part, by the American Expeditionary Force, sent by President Wilson

THE SCOTTISH AND IRISH REGIMENTS AT… – The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland

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The subject of this paper is the possible connection between the arrival of the exiled Jacobites in France after 1688 and the appearance of the first masonic lodges at about the same time. It seems certain that the Scottish and Irish soldiers who formed part of this exile did frequent the first lodges and it is a possibility, still the subject of controversy’, that a lodge had existed at St Germain en La:i,e from the time of the first exile of the Stewarts in ]649. This was where they again took up residence in 1689.

Au revoir Alan

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The meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge saw Alan Jones step down and be replaced by Peter Schofield as Chairman of Furness and South Lakeland Group. To acknowledge the contribution Alan has made to the group, a dinner was held in his honour at the Fairfield Suite in Barrow-in-Furness Masonic Hall which was attended by 95 brethren