Division IX Organizations

Masons to reenact 1913 cornerstone ceremony at Grand Forks Masonic Center

Freemasonry probably grew from stonemasons' guilds of the late Middle Ages in Europe, as reflected by many of the symbols used in Masonic ritual and greetings used by Masons to identify each other. The society was popular in colonial America and ...

With Lincoln cornerstone ceremony, Masons celebrate new Nebraska …

LINCOLN, Nebraska — Nebraska's Freemasons have celebrated their new state headquarters in Lincoln with a ceremony that involved pouring corn, oil and wine over a cornerstone. Sunday's ceremony included a color guard of men clad in red, white and ...

Weather doesn't dampen Peppercorn Ceremony pomp

The Freemasons of Lodge St George wait on King's Square for the start of the annual Peppercorn Ceremony. Sgt Aidan Stones with the Bermuda Islands Pipe Band plays the bagpipes yesterday morning as he leads a brother of the Lodge St. George Number ...

Peppercorn ceremony draws Freemasons from US, UK and Canada

Close to 100 Freemasons flew to Bermuda this week to attend the Peppercorn Ceremony in St George's tomorrow to boost the ranks of Lodge St George. Immediate Past Master of the #200 Lodge St George of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, Martin Weekes, ...

FREEMASONS Gather For Major Ceremony

FREEMASONS from all over Scotland gathered at Greenock Town Hall on Saturday 16 March for the installation of the new Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master for the Provincial Grand Lodge of Renfrewshire West, which covers the area of Inverclyde.