On March 3 at Eggleston’s Masonic Lodge #309, a rare presentation of a 50-year Masonic Veteran Emblem was conducted. Under the direction of Worshipful Master Barry Williams, Right Worshipful Charles ...

Centuries before Jimmy Choo shoes and Louis Vuitton luggage, Freemasons were the fashionistas of their times, wearing bejeweled sashes and aprons adorned with esoteric symbols dating back to King ...

Update, October 8, 2009: Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol takes readers on a spine-tingling tour of some of Washington, D.C.'s most famous buildings. With Masonic symbolism as its theme, the book ...

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