History
Alton Roundtree Slams Opinion
A Position on National Grand Lodge History was posted on a Facebook Group by an unknown Author. It is suspected that the author is John Hairston whom has been mentioned before. The opinion was forwarded to Alton Roundtree, author of “The National Grand Lodge and Prince Hall Freemasonry: The Untold Truth”. The Anonymous Post…
Read MoreVisual Timeline of African American Freemasonry in Pennsylvania and Delaware
Interesting Quote from the MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
(Source: “The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, Organized 1815″ Author: MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1993 page 93 Chapter 4 entitled ” The National Grand Lodge”) “On December 28, 1815 the First African Grand Lodge of North America at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was established. In 1818 there…
Read MoreQuill Un-mighty & Sword Dull: An Analysis of the Rhetorical Responses of John L. Hairston to the review of “Lux et Veritas”
Quill Un-mighty & Sword Dull: An Analysis of the Rhetorical Responses of John L. Hairston to the review of “Lux et Veritas” By Christopher L. Belcher Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! For the Sword hast been drawn by John L. Hairston to defend the honor of the former Chair of the Phylaxis Society…
Read MoreMemo to Ralph McNeal Jr. : “Lux et Veritas” was reviewed
The Former Chair of the Phylaxis Commission on Bogus Masonic Practices, Bro. Ralph McNeal Jr. of Arizona, with regards to the recents post to this blog claims that no consideration was paid to “Lux et Veritas”. He claims it was dismissed by those who have presented information from “The National Masonic Union” by National Grand…
Read MoreArticle 7: The Prince Hall Myth
All Grand Lodges with lineage to the Old African Lodge No. 459, MUST trace their lineage through the Most Worshipful National Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Ancient York Masons Prince Hall Origin – National Compact USA. This position has been the premise of debate amongst many African American Masonic scholars in print and social…
Read MoreSouth Carolina PHA “Irregular”???
Q: IF THE NATIONAL GRAND LODGE OF FREE & ACCEPTED ANCIENT YORK MASONS ARE “IRREGULAR” DOES THAT MAKE THE MOST WORSHIPFUL PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA “IRREGULAR” TOO??? Whenever one of our brothers, whom happens to be a member of a Lodge under a Prince Hall Affiliated Grand Lodge (PHA) speaks ill will of…
Read MoreCaptain William D. Matthews
William D. Matthews (c.1827 – 1906) was an African American abolitionist, Civil War Union officer and Freemason.He was leader in Leavenworth, Kansas as well as nationally. Life In Maryland William D. Matthews was born free to mixed-race parents. His father, Joseph, was a man of African descent who hailed from Delaware. His mother, the half-white…
Read MoreWhat is Prince Hall Origin (PHO)???
The Most Worshipful National Grand Lodge Free & Accepted Ancient York Masons Prince Hall Origin National Compact USA (also referred to as Prince Hall Origin as well as Compact Masons) is a body of Prince Hall Freemasonry in the United States of America composed predominantly of African American Freemasons.
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