Among the largest and best known fraternal orders were the Masons, and their ritual and regalia were legendary. Wolf Fire: Firefighters gain ground on Banning blaze as weather conditions ease.

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Freemasonry is alive and well, despite what you might think. ... The Odd Fellows, a co-ed fraternal order almost as old as the Masons, has some 3,000 lodges around the world.

The order to arrest Knights Templars was never published in Scotland, which became a refuge for the survival of the order. Europe’s Masonic Guilds became secret societies to protect the advanced ...

Founded in 1784, the Prince Hall Masons is the oldest African American Masonic order. The organization also claims to be America's oldest civil rights organization, although their contributions ...

“This building houses the Warner Lodge, and that is one of the few Masonic lodges in Vermont that the public can come visit and learn a little bit about the Masonic order, but also see a mostly ...