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FUN FACTS!
Freemasonry is the oldest surviving fraternal organization in the world!
You cannot join other recognized Masonic organizations unless you are a dues paying Master Mason in good standing with a Blue Lodge.
Each state has a "GRAND LODGE" which is that states highest authority, there is no "GRAND LODGE OF THE U.S.A." and no Grand Lodge of any other state can tell another what to do.
Kansas (unfortunately) is one of few state Craft Freemasonry jurisdictions in the United States that recognizes fully (and rightly), our Prince Hall Affiliation (PHA) Brothers since 1998!
Our slogan: "2 JURISDICTIONS, 1 BROTHERHOOD, 0 RESTRICTIONS."
A.F. & A.M. stands for "Ancient Free & Accepted Masons." Another type you may see is F. & A.M. which stands for "Free & Accepted Masons."
Usually the Master of a Lodge will wear a hat, any hat just not a ball cap, (and no one else may wear a hat) this is a visual sign of authority and respect in a Lodge. While wearing a hat technically isn't a regulation in our By-laws, it is heavily suggested but most if not all Lodges do it.
The importance of the phrase "on the level" that Masons often use, is that all Masons regardless of backgrounds, years of service, or officer positions held, we all are equal and have an equal voice.
FAMOUS FREEMASONS!
U.S. PRESIDENTS
OTHER POLITICIANS
George Washington
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Gerald Ford
EXPLORERS
"Buffalo Bill" Cody
(Soldier/Showman)
Charles Lindbergh
(Aviator)
Davy Crockett
(Frontiersman/Soldier)
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
(Astronaut)
Kit Carson
(Frontier Trapper)
Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
(Explorers)
WRITERS
Jonathan Swift
(Gulliver's Travels)
Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens
(Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn)
Oscar Wilde
(Poet/Playwright)
Rudyard Kipling
(The Jungle Book)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(Sherlock Holmes)
Aaron Burr
(Founding Father, V.P.)
Benjamin Franklin
(Diplomat, Author, Scientist, Inventor)
John Hancock
(Founding Father)
Paul Revere
("The British/Regulars are coming")
Prince Philip, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
(Husband to Queen Elizabeth II)
Robert "Bob" Dole
(Kansas Senator)
Winston Churchill
(U.K. Prime Minister)
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
Booker T. Washington
(Author/Educator/Orator/Philanthropist)
Jesse Jackson
(Politician)
John Brown
(Abolitionist)
Medgar Evers
(Veteran/NAACP)
Thurgood Marshall
(Supreme Court Justice)
W.E.B. DuBois
(NAACP)
BUSINESSMEN
Charles Hilton
(Hilton Hotels)
Colonel Harland Sanders
(Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Dave Thomas
(Wendy's)
Henry Ford
(Ford Motor Company)
J.C. Penney
(Department Store Founder)
Walter Chrysler
(Chrysler Automobiles)
SCIENTISTS
MUSICIANS
Brad Paisley
(Country)
Duke Ellington
(Jazz)
Franz Liszt
(Classical)
Gene Autry
(Country)
J.S. Bach
(Classical)
Louis Armstrong
(Jazz)
Ludwig Van Beethoven
(Classical)
Nat King Cole
(Jazz)
Roy Rogers
(Country)
William "Count" Basie
(Jazz)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(Classical)
OTHERS
Douglas MacArthur
(General of the Army WWI)
Francis Scott Key
(The Star Spangled Banner)
J. Edgar Hoover
(FBI Director)
Alexander Fleming
(Penicillin)
Edward Jenner
(Smallpox Vaccine)
ENTERTAINERS / ACTORS
Clark Gable
(Actor)
Ernest Borgnine
(Actor)
Harry Houdini
(Escape/Stunt/Illusionist Artist)
John Wayne
(Actor)
Red Skelton
(Entertainer)
Richard Dreyfuss
(Actor)
Richard Pryor
(Actor)
ATHLETES
Arnold Palmer
(Golf)
Jack Dempsey
(Boxer)
John Elway
(Football)
Scottie Pippen
(Basketball)
Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal
(Basketball)
"Sugar" Ray Robinson
(Boxer)
Ty Cobb
(Baseball)
Willie Mays
(Baseball)
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