Great Freemasons: Trent Lott

We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world.
Trent Lott

Chester Trent Lott, Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is a former United States Senator from Mississippi, who served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. He entered Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. He became Senate Majority Leader, then fell from power after praising Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Lott


(Masonic Life: Shortly after completing law school and returning to the Gulf Coast, he had petitioned, been accepted and initiated an Entered Apprentice in Pascagoula Lodge No. 419 on September 18, 1967. However, the busy schedule of a congressional aide and freshman House member made advancement a challenge. Nonetheless, he was finally passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft on August 23, 1975, and raised a Master Mason on August 29, 1975. That October, Brother Lott took most of his Scottish Rite Degrees in the Valley of Gulfport, but did not receive his 32nd Degree until October 23, 1976. He subsequently received the K.C.C.H. in 1983 and was coroneted a 33° Inspector General Honorary on December 12, 1987. )

"Front Man" by Liam Brazier

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http://geektyrant.com/news/2013/10/8/wall-worthy-superhero-cubist-art-by-liam-brazier

Great Freemasons: Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927)

Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927) was a physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor General of the Philippines. Early in his military career, he received the Medal of Honor. Wood also holds officer service #2 in the Regular Army (John Pershing holds officer service #1). He was present at the 1906 First Battle of Bud Dajo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Wood

(Anglo Saxon Lodge 137, NY)



(Art: "Leonard Wood - Maverick in the Making 1882-1921" (1860–1927) by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) oil on canvas, 1903 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)

Albert Einstein quote

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Albert Einstein


(Art: The Question by Eddie Newell)

I am a Freemason.

Great Freemasons: Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973)

Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
Eddie Rickenbacker

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was America's most successful fighter ace in the war. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation, particularly as the longtime head of Eastern Air Lines.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker


(Kilwinning Lodge 297, Detroit)

Metal

Great Freemasons: Matt Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826 – October 8, 1904)

Matt Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826 – October 8, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Whitaker_Ransom

Here is "An address on the military and civil services of General Matt. W. Ransom, May 10, 1906" by WM. H. S. Burgwynn.



(Johnson-Caswell Lodge 10, NC)

Great Freemasons: Henry A. Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965)

The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.
Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965), from Democracy Reborn (New York, 1944), edited by Russell Lord


Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the 33rd Vice President of the United States (1941–1945), the Secretary of Agriculture (1933–1940), and the Secretary of Commerce (1945–1946). In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
(Capital Lodge 110, Des Moines, Iowa)

Christian Bale