Dwight L. Smith Lodge of Research U.D.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Major General Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette’s triumphant goodwill tour of America between 1824-25. Fewer and fewer Americans these days have been taught about Major General Lafayette and his role in the American Revolution, and even fewer know of just how dedicated he was to the cause of liberty, before he arrived in America, and long after he returned home to France where he was swept up in its own revolution. But in addition to his long career as a military figure, statesman, revolutionary, protector, political prisoner, and so much more, he was also a Freemason.

Washington DC Mason Christopher Ruli has done a deep dive into the itineraries, letters, diaries, minute books, and press reports of the time to create a full and definitive account of Brother Lafayette’s Masonic contacts and travels throughout his famed trip. The result is Brother Lafayette: the Marquis de Lafayette's Masonic Travels in America 1824-25, a detailed, fascinating, and eminently absorbing travelogue with a uniquely Masonic focus.

New Book by Chris Ruli: 'Brother Lafayette' Available for Presale Freemasonry around the world, featuring Masonic news, history, trivia, and more. By the author of 'Freemasons For Dummies,' Christopher Hodapp.

Grand View Systems, creators of one of the most popular membership management systems designed especially for Masonic organizations, has just been acquired by a joint partnership of grand lodges in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, California, and North Carolina.

Partnership of Grand Lodges Purchase Grand View Systems Freemasonry around the world, featuring Masonic news, history, trivia, and more. By the author of 'Freemasons For Dummies,' Christopher Hodapp.

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The 2024-2025 officers of the Dwight L. Smith Lodge of Research U.D. and the Grand Master of Masons of Indiana, David G Morgan

It’s the final day to RSVP for the Spring Masonic Education Day.

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The Conference of Grand Master Masons of North America (more affectionately known as COGMMNA) officially kicked off its annual meeting in Seattle, Washington today. It's an opportunity for regular, recognized grand masters in our end of the Masonic world to meet each other and learn from each others' successes, failures, programs, catastrophes, and more.

If you're new to the fraternity, you may not have heard of this gathering, but it's not really designed for the edification of rank and file Masons. Grand masters, deputy grands and grand secretaries all have responsibilities and situational issues that can really only be understood and intelligently discussed with other grands and past grands. In addition, COGMMNA is also where programs from other jurisdictions get talked about, and often spread throughout the Masonic world. And I'd be less than candid if I didn't mention that it's also where fads occasionally get started in Masonry. One-day classes, CHIPS programs, bikes-for-books projects, the adoption of grand lodge computer services like Grandview and Amity, the founding of the Masonic Service Association, even the beginnings of Prince Hall recognition and the national support to build and maintain the George Washington National Masonic Memorial – they all came out of presentations made at COGMMNAs of the past...

2024 Conference of Grand Master Masons of North America Opens in Seattle Freemasonry around the world, featuring Masonic news, history, trivia, and more. By the author of 'Freemasons For Dummies,' Christopher Hodapp.

Indianapolis-area Masons - just got the following messsage from Bill Sassman, building manager of the downtown Indianapolis Masonic Temple/ Indiana Freemasons Hall:

“It is with much sadness that I must inform everyone that our longtime security guard Joe Valenti passed away today. He was admitted to the hospital on Monday with Covid and told me that he would be back at his post in a few days.

“Joe was a fixture in the lobby for many years at Freemasons Hall and, even though we could never get him to join a lodge, he was still an important part of our family.”

WB John W. Bizzack, Past Master of Kentucky's historic Lexington Lodge No. 1 and one of the driving forces behind the Rubicon Masonic Society, was named as the 112th member of the Society of Blue Friars at Masonic Week in Arlington, Virginia last Friday.

The Blue Friars were founded in 1932 for the express purpose of recognizing outstanding Masonic authors throughout the world.

Masonic Week 2024: John Bizzack Named 112th Blue Friar Freemasonry around the world, featuring Masonic news, history, trivia, and more. By the author of 'Freemasons For Dummies,' Christopher Hodapp.

The 2024 International Conference on Freemasonry will be held March 30th on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. This will be the 12th annual academic conference sponsored by the Grand Lodge F&AM of California, and the theme this year will be "Rites In America."

2024 Intl. Conference on Freemasonry: March 30th at UC/Berkeley Freemasonry around the world, featuring Masonic news, history, trivia, and more. By the author of 'Freemasons For Dummies,' Christopher Hodapp.

Brothers, if you're in the Indianapolis area on the 15th of this month, you need to go visit Double Eagle Lodge #773 where Dr. Heather Calloway from the Center for Fraternal Collections and Research will be speaking! You don't want to miss this invaluable talk on saving fraternal history.