by John Piccone | Jun 29, 2026 | Masonic Education
12 min read Reviewed June 28, 2026 Sources verified Masonic symbols are the emblems Freemasonry uses to teach moral lessons, the best known being the square and compasses, the all-seeing eye, the letter G, the apron, and the two pillars named Boaz and Jachin. Each one...
by John Piccone | Jun 28, 2026 | Masonic Education
8 min read Reviewed June 28, 2026 Sources verified Yes. Benjamin Franklin was a Freemason for nearly sixty years, initiated in Philadelphia in February 1731 and rising within three years to Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. In 1734 he printed...
by John Piccone | Jun 28, 2026 | Masonic Education
10 min read Reviewed June 28, 2026 Sources verified The most famous Black Freemasons belonged to Prince Hall Freemasonry, the tradition founded in 1784 that became the oldest continuous African American institution in the country. Its members include the founder...
by John Piccone | Jun 28, 2026 | Masonic Education
9 min read Reviewed June 28, 2026 Sources verified No, King Charles III is not a Freemason, despite the common assumption that Britain’s monarch must be one. The royal family does have a long Masonic tradition, and many kings and world leaders genuinely belonged...
by John Piccone | Jun 28, 2026 | Masonic Education
9 min read Reviewed June 28, 2026 Sources verified Some of the Founding Fathers were Freemasons, but far fewer than popular accounts claim. George Washington and Benjamin Franklin are the famous two, and the fraternity ran through the Revolutionary generation, yet...
