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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 50 million copies - and counting - it is the best selling single of all time.””

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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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“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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“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…

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