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Below are a number of educational articles for members and guests.\u00a0 These articles will provide a better understanding of Freemasonry.\u00a0 We will be adding more articles as time goes on, so come back a visit our site often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Art of Masonic Education<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

From floor sketches to tracing boards, Masonic artists over the centuries have produced incredible works to serve as lodge teaching aids. In addition to being artifacts of our fraternity, many of these\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Masonic Myths<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

\u201cOriginally written by the Past Masters at The Ashlar Company\u201d\u00a0http:\/\/MasonicMyths.com myth\/miTH\/ noun a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Blue Lodge Masonry<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Freemasonry, as we know it today, came into being in the early 1700s, when the first Grand Lodge of England was formed. Masonry prior to that time was a guild or union\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Boston Tea Party<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

by Edward M. Gair\u00a0(courtesy of MasonicWorld.com) Amazingly, no one knew who dumped the tea! Two thousand people stood on Griffin\u2019s Wharf and watched the Boston Tea Party. The crowd was silent as\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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So Mote it Be<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

SHORT TALK BULLETIN \u2013 Vol.V June, 1927 No.6by: Unknown How familiar the phrase is. No Lodge is ever opened or closed, in due form, without using it. Yet how few know how\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Brother Mozart<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

THE MAGIC FLUTE Newcomb Condee 33 degree Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was twenty-eight years of age when, in the autumn of 1784, he joined a Masonic Lodge. As a pianist, little Wolfgang had\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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A Foundation Stone<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

This Short Talk Bulletin has been adapted from a pamphlet published by the Grand Lodge A.F.& A.M. of Illinois, entitled, What Can a Mason tell a Non-Mason About Freemasonry. The ancient traditions\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The \u201c47th\u201d Problem<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

SHORT TALK BULLETIN \u2013 Vol.VIII October, 1930 No.10 THE 47th PROBLEMby: Unknown Containing more real food for thought, and impressing on the receptive mind a greater truth than any other of the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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A Masons\u2019 Christmas<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

\u201cI don\u2019t believe in a Christmas celebration by the lodge. I don\u2019t think we ought to have one or be asked to contribute to one or in any way engage in Christmas\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Cowan<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Bro. Anton O. Aspeslet, P.G.M.(83-05-28) The Oxford International Dictionary of the English Language gives the following definition of the word \u201cCowan\u201d: Cowan \u2013 1598 [?] 1. Sc. One who does the work\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Compasses or Compass? \u2013 Which is Correct?<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

by V. Wor. Bro. I. J. Nathan G. L. This is a question that has concerned a number of members but a simple answer cannot be given. There has been a suggestion\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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George Washington: A Truly Remarkable Man<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

To those of us who work at Mount Vernon, it is commonly accepted that a Mason\u2014whether he represents the local lodge in Alexandria, Virginia, or a faraway state such as Texas or\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Benjamin Franklin, Freemason<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

SHORT TALK BULLETIN \u2013 Vol.XI October, 1933 No.10by: unknown The genius of Franklin was so overwhelming, and manifested in so many different directions, that no short paper can even list his achievements;\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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That Ancient Square<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

SHORT TALK BULLETIN \u2013 Vol.XIII\u00a0\u00a0 March, 1935\u00a0\u00a0 No.3by:\u00a0 Unknown What one symbol is most typical of Freemasonry as a whole?\u00a0 Mason and non-Mason alike, nine times out of ten, will answer, \u201cThe\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Masonic Calendar<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

A Masonic calendar is based upon the date of an event or a beginning. Craft Masons and different appendant bodies within Freemasonry utilize different Masonic calendars to celebrate an historical inception date\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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A Good Story<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

A young man passed a pawnbroker\u2019s shop. The money lender was standing in front of his shop, and the young man noted that he was wearing a large and beautiful Masonic emblem.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Black Cube<\/a><\/h2>
Don Goss<\/span><\/a><\/div>

\u201cA WHITE ball elects, a BLACK cube (or ball) rejects.\u201dSTB-NO29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 November 1929 This, or some similar statement, is usually made at a lodge prior to voting on the application of one who\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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