Monthly Archives: November 2015

Brother David Bacon was raised a Master Mason in Canton Lodge No. 60 just last May.  Professionally, he has been a tattoo artist for over a decade.  As a new Master Mason, he has taken up the old craft of illuminating Masonic aprons by hand. Prior to the industrial revolution, hand painted leather or silk…

Located in the center of scenic Warren, Ohio, Old Erie Lodge No.3 was chartered in 1803 by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. Over the next four years, master craftsmen from the area transformed the former granary into a Lodge of which any Mason would be proud to be a member. From the moment you step…

On September 8, 1791, the Grand Lodge of New Jersey granted a charter to a small group of pioneers living in Cincinnati, a newly settled city tucked in the southwest corner of the untamed Ohio Valley.  The dangers of the frontier delayed the charter for more than three years, but in December of 1794, the…