Last night at the Hearts of Oak Lodge in Brighton (Victoria, Australia) I successfully completed my initiation to 3rd Degree (“Master Mason”).
A special thanks to Andy Warner and Solon Photios for their support and assistance.
This evening I completed my Second Degree in Freemasonry, also known as Fellow Craft, at the Hearts of Oak Lodge in Brighton (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia).
Fascinating rituals, symbols,and initiations. Learnt a lot, enjoyed it immensely, and met many excellent individuals.
Here are some famous individuals who were Freemasons:
Bud Abbott
Cecil B de Mille
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Harpo Marx
John Wayne
Australian Prime Minister,
Sir George Houstoun Reid
Free Trade Party, 1904
Last night I was initiated into the Freemasons.
I’m now a member of Hearts of Oak Lodge, Brighton, Victoria, Australia.
This is a nautical lodge with a high portion of members with some sort of seafaring background or interest. Its members tend to be rowdy, fun-loving, irreverent rum drinkers of the nicest kind.
Some of my greatest heroes were Masons: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Adam Smith, John Locke.
My wife’s grandfather, Foreman White (to whom I dedicated this song) was a Mason for 80 years. He died at 102 years of age (1898 – 2000).