The first assembly of the Continental Congress was presided over by a Master Mason, Peyton Randolph,
Provincial Grand Master of Virginia.
The Revolutionary War was a distinctly Masonic enterprise. The Boston
Tea Party was organized in St. Andrews Lodge, at an adjourned meeting,
and that every “Indian” who threw the tea into the harbor
was a member of that Lodge. Paul Revere, made his immortal ride,
when he was the Junior Warden of that Lodge.
More than fifty of the fifty six signers of the Declaration of Independence were members of the Masonic
fraternity. All but one of the five members of the Constitutional
Convention were Masons. Richard Henry Lee, who moved the
Resolution of Independence in the Continental Congress, was a Mason.
Lee, and all five members of that committee — Thomas Jefferson,
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston
— were Masons.
The American Flag was made by the widow of John Ross, a Mason, and was placed in the hands of George
Washington, who was elected Grand Master of Virginia, but did not
accept because of his duties as commander-in-Chief of the American
Army, which absorbed all his attention and time.
Washington took the oath of office as President of the United States upon a Bible brought from St. Johns
Lodge No. 1, of New York. The oath of office was administered by Chancellor Livingston, Grand Master of
the state of New York. The Governors of every one of the original
thirteen states at the time Washington was inaugurated were Masons.
Washington demanded that Lafayette coming from France, and Von Stuben
coming from Germany, be made Masons.
All of Washington’s Brigadier Generals except one were Masons. The Constitution of the United States
was written by Masons. Free Speech, Free Religion, and Free Schools
were the gifts of Masonry America, and these were opposed by all
anti-Masonic institutions. The four Major Generals who almost ruined
Washington and the cause of Freedom were the four who were not Masons.
These are historical facts and are a part of the rich heritage of our
nation. HOWEVER, no part of the above facts are now taught in our free
schools, which were made possible by the foresight of our Masonic
forebears.
Courtesy of Bro. C.J. Jennings
First printed in
Small Town Texas Mason E-Magazine
