Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia – 1898 by John P . Sheiry The Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia is not the grand lodge for the United States , but it has national importance . The election of Brother William McKinley as president in 1896 was the beginning of an extraordinarily visible era for Freemasonry in Washington , when its profile and processions were enhanced by the fact that Masons would occupy the White House for the majority of the next fifty-six years .
Ritual Order of the Rainbow for Girls by W . Mark Sexson Social history as a corrective to a historiography is often too limited to diplomacy and wars . It began an upward trajectory as early as the 1930s , but it remains constrained by the frustrating cost and availability of materials that even great research libraries lack . This volume is a case in point . Fraternal movements like Freemasonry have impacted society for hundreds of years .
Royal Arch Masonry in Pennsylvania by William J . Paterson The Royal Arch is a Masonic degree as well as a rite of several degrees that are close companions of the initial three Masonic degrees . It was conferred in America in the eighteenth century , and continues to be given today . It has its own symbols , mythology , and secrets , which are apart from what Masons learn on first joining the Craft . Pennsylvania was certainly one of its launching pads in the Western Hemisphere , as this volume illustrates .
Stories for the American Freemason ’ s Fireside by C . W . Towle This is a collection of stories intended to be morality tales for Masons and their admirers . While there are a variety of themes presented , Victorian values of family and chivalry appear in contrast with previous Masonic imagery that drew on the Enlightenment . The invoking of nature is seen in pieces like “ Blue Hyacinth ” and “ The Countryside .” The sentimentalism was new to the fraternity and became ritualistically incorporated in auxiliaries .
The Genius of Freemasonry :
William B . Clarke ’ s Leaves From Georgia Masonry The reader with a curiosity about the secrets of Freemasonry is confronted with a vast and eccentric literature , much of which is highly fanciful and often completely fictional . Finding books that have their feet on the ground , so to speak , is not easy . This is one , solid and truthful , and a good starting place for the curious who wonder about the world ’ s most celebrated discrete society .