Freemasons in Kent help Medway Food Bank
On Tuesday 16th January 2018, a presentation of a cheque was made to the Medway Food Bank at their premises on Rochester City Estate by members of the…
Rochester
Russell Race – Discs on a Desert Island
Russell Race (left) with the Principals of the East Kent Provincial Grand Stewards’ Chapter No 5866 A large gathering of Royal Arch Freemasons was…
Three Generations in One Lodge
One of the many things that warms a Freemason’s heart, is when he witnesses a man being initiated into Freemasonry by his father. The son of a Freemason…
Gundulph Lodge’s Tercentenary Jewels
The members of Gundulph Lodge proudly wearing their Tercentenary Jewels. Gundulph Lodge No 1050, meeting in Rochester, found a novel way to begin their…
Dementia UK receives £1,500 donation from Linslade Freemasons
W.Bro Andy Cross, IPM of St Barnabas Lodge, 948, visited the offices of Dementia UK this week to hand over a cheque for more than £1,500 as part of the funds raised during his year as Master of the Lodge.
Freemason William Austin Burt, American inventor, legislator, surveyor, and millwright
American inventor, legislator, surveyor, and millwright. He was the inventor, maker and patentee of the first typewriter constructed in America. He is referred to as the “father of the typewriter”. Burt also invented the first workable solar compass, a solar use surveying instrument, and the equatorial sextant, a precision navigational aid to determine with one observation the location of a ship at sea.
Did Sir Robert Moray, distinguished Freemason and first president of the Royal Society betray his King?
In order to learn more about this very complex man and the exciting times in which he lived, we will attempt to examine his motives and actions during the war years. The problem with looking back 400 years is separating fact from fiction which in Robert Moray’s case is no easy task. Look what happens when writers feel a need to flesh out details.
Walter Millard, American surgeon and one of the founders of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Walter Millard Fleming was an American surgeon and one of the founders of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Fleming was born on June 13th, 1838 in Portland, Maine. He would graduate from a medical school in Albany, New York in 1862 before practicing medicine.
Promoting Mutual Support
A Seminar for the Freemasons Located in Region 1 Following the introduction earlier this year of the eight regional groups in East Kent, a seminar was…