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John Weldon Rusk, was, a retired D.C. building inspector who for years played Uncle Sam in ceremonies, pageants, school programs,...

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you...

John Eberhard Faber sometimes Johann Eberhard Faber; was a German-born American manufacturer of pencils in New York. Faber in the...

Originally Published in Carl H. Claudy's Old Tiler Talks - 1925 "What do you think happened to me in there tonight?" asked the New...

The Knights of the York Cross of Honour was formed in Monroe, North Carolina on March 13,1930. On June 6,1930 the Convent General of the...

Podcasts At Refreshment had an anything goes episode. Craftsmen Online examined the Charge of the Entered Apprentice. Fraternal Review...

"I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world." Matthew Alexander Henson was an African American explorer who accompanied Robert...

Originally Published in Carl H. Claudy's Old Tiler Talks - 1925 "They are forming a study club in there!" announced the New Brother,...

The Commemorative Order of St. Thomas of Acon is an invitational chivalric and Masonic order. In the United States of America, the Order...

Podcasts Craftcast interviewed the Provincial Grand Master for Surrey. Craftsmen Online interviewed Bro. John Nagy. Fort Worth Masonic...

I have always believed that Harold Abrahams was the only European sprinter who could have run with Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, and the...

Originally Published in Carl H. Claudy's Old Tiler Talks - 1925 "Old Tiler, why are not more Masons, Masons?" asked the New Brother in...

The Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests (HRAKTP) is an honorary and invitational organization with membership limitations. Members...

Podcasts Craftsman Online discussed Co-Masonry and the Future. Ridecast had their New Year's Special. The Short Talk Bulletin read Our...

"A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life." Erasmus Robert Darwin was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of...

Originally Published in Carl H. Claudy's Old Tiler Talks - 1925 "We ought to revise the ritual. It has so much in it that doesn't apply...

The Yeomen of York is one of the newer of the York Rite honorary bodies, being founded in 1993. Yeomen of York meet in Preceptories of...

Podcasts Craftsman Online recapped their top five episodes. The Masonic Round table discussed Masonic exegesis. Rocky Mountain Mason...

"America is an adorable woman chewing tobacco." Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was a French sculptor and painter. He is best known for...

Originally Published in Carl H. Claudy's Old Tiler Talks - 1925 "Thank you for tiling," smiled the Old Tiler, as he resumed his sword...