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Freemasonry is veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. it is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take freemasonry but also with the heart. C.H. Claudy
King Solomon temple
568 BCE.
First Masonic Lodge
Lodge of Edinburgh no. 1, Scotland.
Prince Hall
March 6th, 1775 with Fourteen other free black men in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Joshua Reed
Joshua Reed was lynched and hung by 5 white masons in 1957.
Donald Simms
"After the death of Brother Reed, I realized that something has to change. Masonry knows no color, only the honesty in man's heart and display of true intent by man's action." Donald Simms
st. James #114
Charted September 22, 1963. 19 blacks and 4 whites.
meeting of the two lodges
st. James #114 and Kind David #4
Grand Session July 15, 1972.