masons

     

A mason is a worker who buils in brick or stone, otherwise known as masonry.

Trivia about masons

  • In 1731 Ben joined this fraternal organization becoming Grand Master of the Grand Penn. Lodge in 1749
  • There are about 1,250,000 free & accepted ones of these around the world, including 100,000 in Scotland
  • The Granddaddy of all modern fraternities, this organization began accepting non-stoneworkers in the 1600s
  • It's the fraternal organization whose Scottish branch wears hats like the one seen here
  • One must be a member of this fraternal group in order to belong to the Shriners
  • This worldwide secret society founded its first British Grand Lodge in 1717
  • This term for workers in adobe is also applied to stoneworkers & to members of certain lodges
  • The lambskin aprons worn by this largest fraternal order represent innocence & purity
  • Rhodes' 1902 will called for a new secret society to take back the U.S. for Britain; in 1877 he joined this secret society
  • In 1832 Andrew Jackson, a member of this society, was challenged by William Wirt, who was "anti" it
  • Michael Puchberg, a fellow member of this secret society depicted in "The Magic Flute", was a soft touch for loans
  • Members of this "troweling" society swear to keep its secrets--or so we think, as the oath is secret
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew indicates glass-enclosed ornaments & artifacts in the Mozart House in Vienna, Austria.) Here are some original artifacts from this organization of which Mozart was a proud member; they were loaned to Mozart House by the Grand Lodge of Austria