One of the first comic actors of the silver screen, Oliver Hardy, known familiarly as Ollie or Babe, established a comedic legacy that reverberates to this day.[…]
Boston-born Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) established what became a successful printing business in Philadelphia as a young man. From an early age, Franklin developed and followed[…]
You may know Voltaire as a leading philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment period, but what many may not know is that he was initiated[…]
As we look forward to Patriots’ Day here at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, our minds turn to objects in our collection related to[…]
The teachings of Freemasonry are built upon symbols and ethical lessons derived from the medieval stonemasons, each intended to endow Brothers with the knowledge to[…]
Men form unbreakable bonds through Freemasonry. Our Brotherhood is comprised of a tight-knit group of men who have made solemn vows to one another, becoming[…]
In 1860, the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned his famous “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” forever cementing Revere’s status as one of America’s original[…]
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president of the United States of America in 1932, the country faced unprecedented economic, diplomatic, and social challenges. That he was[…]
In November 2022, the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library unveiled five new inductees to “The Masonic Hall of Fame: Extraordinary Freemasons in American History” – an[…]
William W. Mayo was born on May 31, 1819, in Eccles, Lancashire, England. He studied science in Manchester under the famous chemist and physicist John Dalton,[…]