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Twenty-five years ago, the Grand Lodge of California and the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of California changed the way we all view Freemasonry.

What one lodge’s mothballed painting tells us about its earliest days

During the Sacramento Cholera Outbreak of 1850, Masons took the reins of a public health emergency.

A new bronze sculpture of Grand Master Charles A. Adams cements his legacy.

For Past Master Fred Flint-Montero, Penrhyn Masonry is an inherited trait.

The hunt for gold is—metaphorically, anyway—central to Freemasonry.

Freemasonry’s relationship with women evolved during its long history. How has this relationship changed over time, and why are separate streams of Masonry likely to continue?

At the birth of our country, the Masonic Founding Fathers who signed the U.S. Constitution instilled the values of Freemasonry within our democratic government.

Junior Grand Warden Arthur H. Weiss explains the beauty and significance of Masonic material culture.

From Count Basie to Cab Calloway to Duke Ellington, many of the American jazz greats of the early- to mid- 20th century […]

Written in 1919, the DeMolay ritual is an amalgamation of Masonic traditions and influences.