Who were masons?

I was just reading on the shriner site and the new imperial leader said that George washington,ben franklin and many other founding fathers were masons.is this true?and if so,who were the other founding fathers that were masons?
www.shrinershq.org...

I'm sure you could look it up as well as I.
Here's one link;
www.mastermason.com...

I'm pretty sure that the most recent President who was a Mason was Gerald Ford.

Originally posted by Samhain
I was just reading on the shriner site and the new imperial leader said that George washington,ben franklin and many other founding fathers were masons.is this true?and if so,who were the other founding fathers that were masons?
www.shrinershq.org...

do a search here on ATS also there are several threads where it is discussed.

I have found this site
www.freemasonry.bcy.ca...
to be extreamly helpful for not only names of Masons, but Biographies as well. for such people as...
"Wolfgang Mozart" "Ludwig van Beethoven " and "Harry Houdini " there are about 175-200 listed.
It also is a great place to find out about Masons in Cinema...
with such movies as...
"Tomestone", "Bad Boys II (2003)", "Erin Brockovich (2000)" and about 75 others, all with pictures, and discriptions

MARK TWAIN WAS A MASON

here's some founders that were freemasons :

www....-------------------------/library/conspiracy/freemasonry/

as well as their so called link to the illuminati.

I can't vouch for this sight, maybe someone else can, but it was loaded with way more information than I was looking for.

Originally posted by tomb_of_lazarus
MARK TWAIN WAS A MASON

True. And here's my favorite Mark Twain quote:

"The word 'statesman' simply means a dead politician. And the world needs more statesmen!"

Thank you,i truly appreciate all of your input
I still havent found anything that conclusively links ol ben franklin to the masons.
and,i still cant see how anyone could link george washington and the illuminati together,that man embodied everything free.
I mean,he had a nation in his hand,people were begging him to be king,and he turned it down.wow

Nevermind,found some ben info,!!thanx!!

[edit on 26-1-2005 by Samhain]

Originally posted by Samhain
I still havent found anything that conclusively links ol ben franklin to the masons.

freemasonry.bcy.ca...

He was a Mason for sure.

George Washington may not have been "illuminati" but he definitely was a Freemason as was Benjamin Franklin, who was the Grandmaster of Pennsylvania (he joined Freemasonry in 1731).

Just Google both. You'll find plenty of the evidence that you are looking for.

Some of their masonic regalia can be found here: www.pagrandlodge.org...

Originally posted by Samhain
Thank you,i truly appreciate all of your input

I still havent found anything that conclusively links ol ben franklin to the masons.

www.kessingerpub.com...,%20Benjamin&Submit=Query#4

Trestle Board Magazine (1919)
AUTHOR: Bledsoe, Benjamin Franklin, et al.
CATEGORY: Freemasonry

ISBN: 0766140431
PAGES: 400
PRICE: $34.95

DESCRIPTION: A monthly magazine for Masons, considered America's greatest Masonic magazine. The reader will find instructive and interesting articles on Masonry by some of the most noted and learned of Masonic students, as well as reproductions of rare and quaint pictures of various phases of masonry, past and present. Includes the following issues: September 1919; November 1919; March 1920; May 1920; September 1920; November 1920; and December 1920.

He was supposedly a Rosicrucian as well.

www.soul.org...


(Though this could be a Pseudo-Rosicrucian group, of which he may or may not have actually belonged to.)

and,i still cant see how anyone could link george washington and the illuminati together

A letter that George Washington supposedly wrote regarding The Illuminati:


memory.loc.gov.../mgw:@field(DOCID+@lit(gw 360346))




Peace




[edit on 26-1-2005 by Tamahu]

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