INQUISITIVE FACTS ABOUT FREEMASONRY

MASONS TRADITIONALLY RECOGNIZE EACH

OTHER BY VARIOUS “SECRET” SIGNS,

INCLUDING WEARING A RING WITH A MASONIC

EMBLEM, VARIOUS LAPEL BADGES AND

SOMETIMES THE FAMOUS FREEMASON HANDSHAKE

(WHEN SHAKING HANDS, THE THUMB BRIEFLY

STROKES THE OTHER MAN’S HAND IN A CERTAIN

WAY), THOUGH THE LAST IS MOSTLY RESTRICTED

TO FREEMASONS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND

WASHINGTON, DC

ANDERS BREIVIK, PERPETRATOR OF THE 2011

MASS MURDERS IN NORWAY, WAS A

PRACTICING FREEMASON

FREEMASONS ARE COMMANDED NOT TO TESTIFY

TRUTHFULLY WHEN ANOTHER MASON IS ON TRIAL.

THEY ADMIT THAT IT MAY BE PERJURY, BUT TO

THEM IT IS A FAR GREATER SIN TO NOT PROTECT

ONE OF THEIR OWN


FREEMASONRY HAS NO SINGLE SPOKESMAN. IT IS

COMPRISED OF MANY INDIVIDUALS IN

NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF WHICH

ARE SUBORDINATE TO THE GRAND LODGE

IN THEIR AREA. NONE OF THESE MEMBERS

OR ORGANIZATIONS CAN SPEAK FOR

FREEMASONRY; THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF EACH GRAND LODGE IN THE AREA

IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW, THERE IS A DIRECT

MASONIC LINK TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

FREDERIC BARTHOLDI, THE MAN WHO DESIGNED

THE FAMOUS STATUE, WAS A MASON

THE SECRET HANDSHAKES AND PASSWORDS

NOW ASSOCIATED WITH FREEMASONRY WERE

USED BY THE STONEMASONS TO IDENTIFY

EACH OTHER, WHICH WAS IMPORTANT FOR

KEEPING SECRETS IN THE GUILD

ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN WAS A MEMBER OF

CLEAR LAKE LODGE IN TEXAS. HE WAS ALSO

THE LUNAR MODULE PILOT ON APOLLO 11, THE

FIRST MANNED LUNAR LANDING IN HISTORY.

WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE MOON HE HAD

WITH HIM A SPECIAL DEPUTATION FROM HIS

GRAND MASTER TO CLAIM THE MOON AS BEING

IN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE

GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS. JOHN GLENN

WAS ALSO A MASON

CATHERINE BABINGTON WANTED TO KNOW

WHAT FREEMASONRY WAS ALL ABOUT SO SHE

HID INSIDE A PULPIT AT MEETINGS IN KENTUCKY

FOR OVER A YEAR. WHEN DISCOVERED,

SHE WAS HELD CAPTIVE FOR A MONTH