Saturday, January 25, 2014

Great Freemasons: George Edward Pickett (January 16, 1825 – July 30, 1875)

Up men! And to your posts! And let no man forget today, that you are from Old Virginia!
George Edward Pickett (January 16, or 25, 1825 – July 30, 1875)

George Edward Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for his participation in the futile and bloody assault at the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name, Pickett's Charge.

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

(
Dove Lodge 51, Richmond, VA)

Friday, January 10, 2014

Psssst....


Thursday, December 5, 2013

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013)

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 - 5 December 2013)

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Great Freemasons: Fred Pabst Jr. (November 3, 1869 - March 1, 1977)

"Fred Pabst Jr. was to skiing what Dr. Spock was to babies."
Gov. Thomas Salmon (Vermont)


Fred Pabst Jr. (November 3, 1869 - March 1, 1977) was the heir to the Pabst fortune, ski enthusiast and creator of several ski resorts.


http://www.newenglandskihistory.com/biographies/pabstfred.php


( Lafayette Lodge 265, Milwaukee)

I Used to Seek the Holy Grail Like You....


Great Freemasons: Francis Davis Millet (November 3, 1848 – April 15, 1912)






Francis Davis Millet (November 3, 1848 – April 15, 1912) was an American painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.



Reading the Story of Oenone (painting), The Detroit Institute of Arts, ca. 1883.



An Autumn Idyll



(Kane Lodge 454, NY)