>>1946309 #2453

>Symbolism will be their downfall.

>>1946524

>>1946381

>Santa Fe Shooting

http://lawsofsilence.blogspot.com/2013/05/masonic-republics.html

http://lawsofsilence.blogspot.com/2013/07/lone-star-republics.html

Turns out that despite the plaque only a handful of Masons participated in the defense of the Alamo; what they lacked in numbers there, however, they made up for by playing an out-sized role in the leadership of the Republic.

Masonic historian Dr. James D. Carter counts twenty-two known Masons among the fifty-nine signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, signed at Washington-on-the Brazos on March 2, 1836.

By 1846 Masons had served in nearly every major governmental post in the Republic. All the Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Republic of Texas were Masons. In 1844, George K. Teulon, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas, addressing a gathering of Masons in Portland, Maine, observed

“Texas is emphatically a Masonic Country: Our national emblem, the ‘Lone Star’, was chosen from among the emblems selected by Freemasonry, to illustrate the moral virtues — it is a five-pointed star, and alludes to the five points of fellowship.”

Freemasonry in Texas has grown in the last 169 years. Today there are over 110,000 Masons in 889 lodges in The Grand Lodge of Texas, making it the fourth largest grand lodge in the world.

>>1947738

OK

>>1947726

>>1947738

https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/11/02/ask-geoffrey-history-freemasonry-chicago

Admittedly, the rather opaque and arcane aspects of these groups like passwords, regalia, hand symbols and secret rituals, and the fact that many famous and powerful people have been Freemasons, give the organization a mysterious air that invites conspiracy theories about the group being some sort of sinister cult. Many of our founding fathers, including George Washington, John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin, were Freemasons, as was the first governor of Illinois Shadrach Bond. Masonic historian Eric Diamond listed a few famous members of Chicago Masonic lodges for us, including Cubs great Ernie Banks, Bobby Rush, Richard Pryor, John Johnson and both Jesse Jacksons.

Freemasonry first came to Chicago in about 1843 according to Masonic historian Eric Diamond. Diamond notes a number of Chicago Freemasons who had great impact on the city’s history: James van Zandt Blaney was a founder of Rush Medical College and of the Chicago Board of Education; Mayor Long John Wentworth was a key founder of the Republican Party; architect Otto Matz designed the Courthouse Building and Rosehill Cemetery; sculptor Leonard Wells Volk designed the Stephen A. Douglas memorial. Diamond also notes the Water Tower was designed and dedicated by Freemasons.

Membership in the Freemasons peaked at over 4 million in 1959, but today, there are about 1.1 million Freemasons in the U.S., including 60,000 in Illinois.