Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Thank a Mason!
This post was placed on another blog. Since then, I have decided that it would be more appropriate here.
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So, you say you love your freedom? You say you love your country? Well, let me ask you: Have you thanked a Freemason?
"Thank a Freemason?," you say. "Why should I do that?"Let me give you just a few reasons why:
Signers of the Declaration of Independence:
Willaim Hooper
Matthew Thornton
Willaim Whipple
John Hancock
Richard Stockton
George Walton
Other Freemasons:
General of the Armies George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Paul Revere
Governor Patrick Henry
Admiral John Paul Jones
The Boston Tea Party participants
Signers of the Constitution:
Abraham Baldwin
Gunning Bedford, Jr.
John Blair
William Blount
David Brearly
Daniel Carroll
Willaim Richardson
Jonathan Dayton
John Sullivan
Oliver Ellsworth
Elbridge Gerry
Refus King
John Langdon
John Lansing, Jr.
James McHenry
James Madison
Alexander Martin
Robert Morris
Willaim Paterson
William Pierce
David Charles Pinckney
Edmund Randolph
George Read
Roger Sherman
George Walton
George Wythe
Other Freemasons:General Joseph Warren (killed at Bunker Hill)
Major General Richard Montgomery (first general officer of the U.S. Continental Army to be killed in battle)
Captain Marquis de Lafayette
Dr. James McHenry (Surgeon: American Revolution)
Major General Henry Knox (US Revolutionary War hero)
Samuel Nicholas (first officer 0f the U.S. Marine Corps)
Captain Samuel Nicholson (First commander of the U.S.S. Constitution)
General Andrew Jackson
President James Buchanon*
President James Polk
General Stephen Austin ("Father of Texas)*
Governor Sam Houston (governor of both Tennessee and Texas)
Colonel James Bowie
Colonel David Crockett
Lt. Colonel William B. Travis
Francis Scott Key
Col Merriwether Lewis (Lewis and Clark Expedition)*
Samuel Colt (American arms manufactuer)*
General of the Armies "Black" Jack Pershing
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover (FBI Director)*
President Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.*
Sergeant J. Floyd Davis (my dad)
Major Audie Murphy
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Henry "Hap" Arnold
General of the Army Omar Bradley
General of the Army George C. Marshall
Brigadier General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle
Sir Winston Churchill
President Harry S. Truman
Major General John A. Lejeune (13th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps)
Senator Robert "Bob" Dole
President Gerald Ford*
President James Garfield*
Senator Barry Goldwater*
President Warren G. Harding*
...and many more!
What's my point? All of the aforementioned...Freemasons!
* Denotes additional information or names added since the original post.
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So, you say you love your freedom? You say you love your country? Well, let me ask you: Have you thanked a Freemason?
"Thank a Freemason?," you say. "Why should I do that?"Let me give you just a few reasons why:
Signers of the Declaration of Independence:
Willaim Hooper
Matthew Thornton
Willaim Whipple
John Hancock
Richard Stockton
George Walton
Other Freemasons:
General of the Armies George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Paul Revere
Governor Patrick Henry
Admiral John Paul Jones
The Boston Tea Party participants
Signers of the Constitution:
Abraham Baldwin
Gunning Bedford, Jr.
John Blair
William Blount
David Brearly
Daniel Carroll
Willaim Richardson
Jonathan Dayton
John Sullivan
Oliver Ellsworth
Elbridge Gerry
Refus King
John Langdon
John Lansing, Jr.
James McHenry
James Madison
Alexander Martin
Robert Morris
Willaim Paterson
William Pierce
David Charles Pinckney
Edmund Randolph
George Read
Roger Sherman
George Walton
George Wythe
Other Freemasons:General Joseph Warren (killed at Bunker Hill)
Major General Richard Montgomery (first general officer of the U.S. Continental Army to be killed in battle)
Captain Marquis de Lafayette
Dr. James McHenry (Surgeon: American Revolution)
Major General Henry Knox (US Revolutionary War hero)
Samuel Nicholas (first officer 0f the U.S. Marine Corps)
Captain Samuel Nicholson (First commander of the U.S.S. Constitution)
General Andrew Jackson
President James Buchanon*
President James Polk
General Stephen Austin ("Father of Texas)*
Governor Sam Houston (governor of both Tennessee and Texas)
Colonel James Bowie
Colonel David Crockett
Lt. Colonel William B. Travis
Francis Scott Key
Col Merriwether Lewis (Lewis and Clark Expedition)*
Samuel Colt (American arms manufactuer)*
General of the Armies "Black" Jack Pershing
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover (FBI Director)*
President Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.*
Sergeant J. Floyd Davis (my dad)
Major Audie Murphy
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Henry "Hap" Arnold
General of the Army Omar Bradley
General of the Army George C. Marshall
Brigadier General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle
Sir Winston Churchill
President Harry S. Truman
Major General John A. Lejeune (13th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps)
Senator Robert "Bob" Dole
President Gerald Ford*
President James Garfield*
Senator Barry Goldwater*
President Warren G. Harding*
...and many more!
What's my point? All of the aforementioned...Freemasons!
* Denotes additional information or names added since the original post.
Labels: Freemasonry, History, Masonry
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expanding on your introduction to the role of freemasons during the formative years of our United States, freemasons served in both Union and Confederate armies, at various levels, during the War of Southern Independence (aka. Civil War, War of Yankee Agression, The Late Unpleasantness, etc.).
In one particular instance, during the Federal occupation of Knoxville, Tennessee in 1863, a black Union prison guard, a mason from a northern state, stood guard over an East Tennessean who was a mason in the local lodge. The two men had a conversation which eventually turned to the topic of their mutual Masonic affiliation. The southerner expressed his doubt in the legitimacy of the (black) Yankee's lodge, and after passing the time, the Yankee guard told his prisoner that momentarily he was going to turn his back and walk away, and this would be a good time for the southerner to make his escape from the stockade. Upon the guard making good on his word and turning his attention and walking a short distance, the southerner took advantage of the timely advice and escaped the prison. It is not known if these masonic brothers had any contact with one another again.
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In one particular instance, during the Federal occupation of Knoxville, Tennessee in 1863, a black Union prison guard, a mason from a northern state, stood guard over an East Tennessean who was a mason in the local lodge. The two men had a conversation which eventually turned to the topic of their mutual Masonic affiliation. The southerner expressed his doubt in the legitimacy of the (black) Yankee's lodge, and after passing the time, the Yankee guard told his prisoner that momentarily he was going to turn his back and walk away, and this would be a good time for the southerner to make his escape from the stockade. Upon the guard making good on his word and turning his attention and walking a short distance, the southerner took advantage of the timely advice and escaped the prison. It is not known if these masonic brothers had any contact with one another again.
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