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An Exciting Recent Acquisition: Frederick Phile's Maverick Mark Medal 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Here at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, we are big fans of the personal medals and badges some Masons had made for themselves in the late 1700s and early 1800s. You may have read posts a...
Programs for Students - Come Explore History! 22 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
'Colonial Kids' fits very well with the social studies curriculum. The kids liked it a lot. They had never seen a 'horn book' before nor a 'block' of tea. The program brought to life what we studied f...
Albert Pike's 1870 33° Ritual 20 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Albert Pike (1809-1891), Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite’s Southern Jurisdiction from 1859 to 1891, revised all of the Scottish Rite degree rituals, including the 33°, during his tenure...
A New Book! A Sublime Brotherhood 15 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
In honor of the Scottish Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction's 200th anniversary the Supreme Council has published a new history book called A Sublime Brotherhood: Two Hundred Years of Scottish Rite Fr...
Summer Vacation through Postcards 13 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
At our July Collections Committee, we accepted a gift of approximately 400 postcards from Michael Heitke. Many of these postcards show images of national monuments in the United States and over half ...
Beginning the Next 200 Years 6 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm
If you read our post yesterday, you know that August 5th, 2013, marked the 200th anniversary of the Scottish Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, To commemorate that event and to begin the next 200 ye...
Happy 200th Anniversary N.M.J.! 5 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Scottish Rite's Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, in New York City on August 5, 1813, the date of the warrant, or charter, shown ...
Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory 16 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
Today, every state in the U.S. has a Grand Lodge that oversees the "Symbolic Lodge" system, administering all of the local lodges in that state. Freemasonry was established in the colonies before the ...
A Salute to the American Military 2 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
This summer (2013), the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library is pleased to be one of 1,800 museums across America to welcome military personnel and their families in collaboration with the National ...
New to the Collection: Modern Woodmen of America Banner 25 Jun 2013 | 06:00 pm
The Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library recently added a collection of Modern Woodmen of America objects and documents to its holdings, including this banner. As we explained in a previous post, ba...