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American Founding Fathers Who Were Masons

March 7, 2023 by Valley of Portland

American Founding Fathers Who Were Masons

You’ve heard their names all your life: George Washington … Benjamin Franklin … Samuel Adams … Ethan Allen … Paul Revere. You knew these astonishingly brave and gifted men were some of America’s great Founding Fathers. But did you know they also were Masons? As it turns out, Freemasonry had a crucial role to play […]

Filed Under: Masonic History & Tradition Tagged With: American Founding Fathers, American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence, Freemasonry, Freemasonry in America, George Washington, Masonic History, Masonic Values, Paul Revere, Scottish Rite Masonry, Valley of Portland

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