About Freemasonry

Freemasonry is a “System of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols”.

 

It is the world's oldest and largest Fraternal Organization.  The greatest and best of men in all ages have been Masons and have never deemed it derogatory to their dignity to be associated with the Craft.

 

A Freemason is encouraged to do his duty first to God (by whatever name he is known) and then, without detriment to his work or family, to his neighbor

(in the broadest sense) through charity and service.

 

Freemasonry demands from its members a respect for the law of the country in which a man works and lives. Freemasonry does not override the individuals duty to one’s self, one’s family, ones God or work.

George Washington Laying the Cornerstone of the

National Capitol, September 18, 1793, Allyn Cox, Alexandria, VA, 1952. Copyright, George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association.

A father shows his son and Masonic brother the proper way to wear his apron.  Since the mid-1800’s, Masons and State Grand Lodges published magazines.  Most included local, state and national Masonic events and news along with short stories, poems and advertisements.

New York Masonic Outlook, illustrated by Samuel Emmons Brown, January 1927.  National Heritage Museum.

NUTLEY LODGE NO. 25

Free and Accepted Masons