by john | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
The connection between Freemasonry and American law enforcement begins with the oath. A peace officer makes a formal, witnessed commitment to uphold the law, protect his community, and conduct himself with integrity. A Mason takes a formal, witnessed obligation of...
by john | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
On the morning of April 12, 1865, Brigadier General Joshua Chamberlain stood on a knoll near Appomattox Court House and watched the Army of Northern Virginia form into column for its final march — the formal surrender procession that would end four years of war. As...
by john | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
The most famous Mason in American history received his first Masonic obligation in a lodge room in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on November 4, 1752. He was twenty years old. The lodge minute book recorded the transaction with characteristic Masonic practicality: George...
by john | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
The man who designed the Denver Masonic Temple was a Mason himself. Frank E. Edbrooke — the architect who gave Denver the Brown Palace Hotel, the Oxford Hotel, and more than seventy buildings that shaped the city’s character — drew the plans for 1614 Welton...
by john | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876 — the centennial year of American independence, which earned it the name it carries to this day. But Freemasonry in Colorado is older than the state itself, older than the territory, and in some respects older than Denver. The...
