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| This monthly selection from "Did You Know"
March, 1999
Submitted by WB Wayne Carter, Original Source: "DID YOU KNOW" 1965 Published by Missouri Masonic Lodge of Research DID YOU KNOW? That Freemason David Crockett was a Colonel in the Army, a Congressman
and a well known backwoodsman. During the "Battle of the Alamo" he
was captured by the Enemy Commander, Santa Ana, a Mexican Freemason.
Honorable Mrs. Elizabeth Aldworth, Daughter of Lord Doneraile of County
Cork, Ireland, received the First and Second degrees as a girl. Curiosity
prompted her to conceal herself in the lodge held at Doneraile Court, and
upon her discovery, it was decided to admit her as a member to solve the
predicament.
In 1965, Chicago had three American Legion Posts whose memberships were
composed entirely of Masons: They were (and maybe still are)
Theodore Roosevelt Post, Square Post and Trowel Post.
Brother OKAH TUBBEE, a Choctaw Indian, addressed the Grand Lodge of
New Hampshire in 1848 and led a discussion on establishing Masonic Lodges
among the Tribes " now located in the Indian Territory"
Every Governor of Wyoming from its founding in 1890 until 1951 was a freemason - with one exception - Mrs. William A. Ross, who was the wife of a Freemason and herself a member of the Eastern Star.
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| The Meaning of "Mote" Dec., 1998
It is the third person singular of the present subjunctive of the Anglo-Saxon "motan," which meant "to be allowed", hence the phrase "so mote it be." It is a quaint and charming form of the familiar Amen -- a dear, deep, far-echoing word wherein God confirms the faith of men, and man accepts the will of God. Original Source unknown, contributed by Bro. Richard Wall of Aurora
Lodge #156
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