When you think “John Wayne,” you think “Famous Hollywood Actor.” You think “The Ultimate Cowboy.” You think “Red-White-and-True-Blue Patriot.” But did you know he also was a very devoted Freemason? Let’s take a moment to see why. Humble Roots in Iowa and California Born in Winterset, Iowa, on May 26, 1907, the man the world […]
32nd Degree
Caldwell’s Ornate Scottish Rite Jewels Featured at Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
In December 1867, Edward Holland Caldwell (1844-1872) of Mobile, Alabama, received the fourteenth degree at the newly established Mobile Lodge of Perfection #1. The following year he received the eighteenth degree, and later, the thirty-second degree. Caldwell’s handsome jewels for the eighteenth and thirty-second degrees survive and are now part of the collection of the […]
Grand Master’s Class
Saturday October 21, 2023 Degrees: 4° – Builder , 15° – Knight of the East , 16° – Prince of Jerusalem , 29° – Knight of Saint Andrew , 32° – Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret Location: Portland Masonic Center, 415 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101 Details: Registration 8:00am-8:45am 4th Degree 9:00am 15th Degree 10:00am 16th Degree with Lunch 11:15am 29th Degree 1:30pm 32nd Degree […]
Valley of Portland Scottish Rite of Maine Grand Master’s Class
The Illustrious and Most Worshipful Brother, Richard M. Nadeau, 33°, Grand Master of Maine, will be honored with a Grand Master’s One Day Class Reunion in October at the Portland Masonic Temple. This event is unique in that it will allow participants to complete five degrees in one day in the brotherhood and become a […]
