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Join The Craft

Interested in becoming a Mason? In the FAQ section there’s a series of questions and answers that should help with the majority of any questions you might have conceived.

If you’re a man of good character who believes in a Supreme Being then you are a good candidate for The Craft. Masons are men of good character who constantly strive to improve themselves through continued education, brotherhood, honorable behavior, and striving to make the world a better place. They are the oldest and most honorable fraternity known to man whose ceremonies and landmarks are seeped in history and honor.

While no one knows just how far back the genesis of Freemasonry was due to the actual origins being lost to time, most historians believe that Masonry was born from the guilds of stonemasons who built the majestic castles and cathedrals of the middle ages. In 1717, Masonry became a formal organization when four lodges in London joined in forming England’s first Grand Lodge. By the time Benjamin Franklin joined the fraternity in 1731 there were already several lodges in the Colonies, and additional lodges were soon to spring up in other countries.

Today, Masonic Lodges are found in almost every locale throughout the world, with many larger cities acting as home to multiple lodges. A Mason can travel to almost any country in the world and find a Masonic Lodge where he will be welcomed as a “brother.”

Feel free to download the document used in petitioning for admittance:

What do Freemasons Do?

Everything about Freemasonry encourages men to become better men...better fathers, better brothers, better husbands, and better citizens. The fraternal bonds formed in the Lodge help build lifelong friendships among men with like-minded values and goals.

In addition to this focus on individual development, Masonry is very philanthropic. Helping the people of the community is a huge focus for all Masonic Lodges, and many of our programs revolve around this ideal.

Freemasonry in North America contribute over two million dollars a day to charitable causes in an unparalleled example of the humanitarian commitment. Most of this honorable donations goes towards helping people who are not Masons, and some of these charities are vast projects such as the Shrine Masons (Shriners) network of hospitals for burned and orthapaedically impaired children in the country where there is never a fee for treatment. Scottish Rite Masons sponsor a network of over 150 Childhood Language Disorder Clinics, Centers, and Programs nationwide, and many other Masonic organizations sponsor a multitude of philanthropies such as scholarship programs for students as well as performing public service for their communities.

Masons also enjoy the friendship and fellowship of each other and their families through social and recreational activites.

To be a Mason means to contribute to Life.

Some Notable Masons

Eddy Arnold

Roy Acuff

Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin

Gene Autry

L. Van Beethoven

Irving Berlin

Simon Bolivar

Gutzon Borglum

Ernest Borgnine

Omar Bradley

Richard E. Byrd

DeWitt Clinton

Ty Cobb

George M. Cohan

Davy Crockett

Norm Crosby

Cecil B. deMille

Jack Dempsey

John Diefenbaker

Jimmy Doolittle

Duke Ellington

Sir Alexander Fleming

Gerald R. Ford

Henry Ford

Benjamin Franklin

Clark Gable

Benjamin Gilman

John Glenn

Arthur Godfrey

Barry Goldwater

John Hancock

Harry Hershfield

Harry Houdini

Sam Houston

Hubert H. Humphrey

Burl Ives

Andrew Jackson

Al Jolson

John Paul Jones

Jack Kemp

Rudyard Kipling

Marquis de Lafayette

Fiorello LaGuardia

Charles A. Lindbergh

Douglas MacArthur

George C. Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Charles W. Mayo

William McKinley

Lauritz Melchior

James Monroe

Wolfgang A. Mozart

Arnold Palmer

Dr. Norman V. Peale

J.C. Penney

Jogn Pershing

Eddie Rickenbacker

Branch Rickey

Will Rogers

Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

David Sarnoff

Jean Sibelius

Red Skelton

John Philip Sousa

Danny Thomas

Dave Thomas

Harry S. Truman

George Washington

Thomas J. Watson

John Wayne

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Last Updated: Thursday, August 11th, 2010