Three centuries of Masonic history are on display in Cedar Rapids. 'Celebrating 300 Years of Freemasonry, 1717-2017: Masonic Treasures of the Grand Lodge of Iowa,” opened in June and will remain on ...

Freemasonry has long had a relationship to the politics of both left and right. Bourgeois revolutionaries in France and America and modern mainstream politicians have all been members, as were some ...

Michael W. Homer is the author of “Joseph’s Temples: The Dynamic Relationship Between Freemasonry and Mormonism.” Published last summer by University of Utah Press, it covers the contentious history ...

The American Union Masonic Lodge celebrated its 250th anniversary on Feb. 15. The weekend celebration included an open house ...

There is hatred, bordering on hostility, among several parties towards what is called the ‘Freemasonry’ movement. Upon examining the identities of these ...

As Masonic halls throughout America shut their doors because of declining membership Ridley provides an extended history of the group that was in its prime a couple of generations ago. Although its ...

For Bob Welch and his fellow Freemasons of Holland Lodge No. 1, April 21 represents an especially rich date in history. April 21, 1836, is the anniversary of the Texan victory at the Battle of San ...

Conspiracy theories abound about the Freemasons. But Scotland’s true Masonic history, while forgotten by many for centuries, remains hidden in plain sight. With its cobblestone paving and Georgian ...

Louisiana is infamous for its high incarceration rates. But that reputation didn’t happen overnight. A new book, "Prison Capital," explores the history of the issue, and efforts to push back on it ...

Jazz and freemasonry are unlikely bedfellows, but in the 1950s, the secret society became a support network for musicians and the world’s largest fraternity for black men, among them Duke Ellington ...