Instead of commonplace designs like flowers or snowflakes, seamstress Celestia A. Milliken decorated her colorful quilt in 1908 with the square and compass and 70 other secret symbols of Freemasonry.

The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert Mackey - To study the symbolism of Masonry is the only way to investigate its philosophy. This is the portal of its temple, through which alone we can gain access ...

The Broad Street museum about Freemasons brings to light the fraternal organization that counts many presidents as members.

In 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry landed at Hakodate, Hokkaidō, in the northern part of Japan. Two members of his crew who had died from disease were buried on the slopes of Mount Hakodate—the ...

Albert Gallatin Mackeys book, The Symbolism of Freemasonry, is a seminal work on the secretive and complex world of Freemasonry. Mackey delves into the symbolism and rituals of Freemasonry, shedding ...

WASHINGTON -- At every corner, beneath you and above you and to all sides, the inscrutably familiar symbolism of the Freemason organization is hidden in plain sight. This historic home is like a ...

The principles of Freemasonry (freedom of conscience, fraternity, symbolic quest) quickly won over the intellectual, ...

WASHINGTON -- At every corner, beneath you and above you and to all sides, the inscrutably familiar symbolism of the Freemason organization is hidden in plain sight. This historic home is like a ...