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““George Rogers Clark (1752-1818) was the highest ranking military officer on the western frontier in the American Revolution. He was also the brother of famed Freemason William Clark (of the Lewis and Clark expedition). A Freemason, George Rogers Clark's Lodge is unknown, but Abraham Lodge 8, Louisville conducted his Masonic funeral. In 1809, at age 57, Brother Clark suffered a stroke and fell into a fireplace, burning his leg so badly it required amputation. When Dr. Richard Ferguson, Master of Abraham Lodge, performed the amputation, the only anesthetic Brother Clark received was music from a fife and drum corps playing in the background.””

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“William Wirt, first presidential candidate of the Anti-Masonic party was, in fact, a Freemason. He even defended the order in his acceptance speech at the convention.”

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“Working late one night in 1940, poolside at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Irving Berlin, Munn Lodge 190, New York City, told his secretary, "I just wrote the best song I've ever written — heck, I just wrote the best song anybody's ever written!" Brother Berlin was right on the mark. He had just finished composing "White Christmas." Having sold…

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“Wheelock Commandery 5, Texas, ceased to exist when its 55 members joined the Confederate Army in 1861 and all were subsequently killed.”

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The shot heard round the world.

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“The British government in 1807 had issued the “Orders in Council,” which enforced a naval blockade against France, and with a shortage of seamen to man the Royal Navy, Britain also felt justified in stopping and sometimes firing on ships flying the American flag in the name of apprehending escaped British sailors. The other main cause of war was distress…

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During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together.

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