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UNC Spotlights Masonry

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Davie (at right wearing masonic apron) laying ...
Davie (at right wearing masonic apron) laying the cornerstone of Old East. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

An exhibit on the 4th floor of the Wilson Special Collections Library at UNC Chapel Hill explores the history of the role played by North Carolina’s Freemasons in the creation and early governance of the University.

“Look Well to the East: North Carolina’s Freemasons and the Cornerstones of UNC” will be on display from October 1 through December 23, 2013. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

A reception will be held on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. Grand Master Dewey R. Preslar Jr. will speak.

Freemasons conceived of, lobbied for and built the nation’s first public university, an accomplishment consistent with the fraternity’s historic emphasis on education and the liberal arts.

This exhibition traces the Masons’ contribution to the establishment of UNC, and the shaping of its early development.

 

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Masons come to aid of local Boston Marathon bombing victim

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Boston Marathon, mile 25, Beacon St., 2005
Boston Marathon, mile 25, Beacon St., 2005 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As Erika Brannock adjusts to life with new physical challenges after the Boston Marathon bombing, shell have a fully accessible bathroom following renovations by the Freemasons of Maryland.

Brannock, whose left leg was amputated above the knee, will join the masons at their Grand Lodge in Cockeysville today to discuss the project, the same day as the accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due in court in Boston.

Brannock and her sister and brother-in-law Nicole and Michael Gross, of Charlotte, N.C., were among about 260 people injured in the attack. The family was near the finish line to watch Gross and Brannocks mother, Carol Downing, finish the marathon when the first bomb exploded.

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Midnight Freemasons: The Lost Ring

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The Square and Compasses. The symbols employed in Co-Freemasonry are mostly identical with those in other orders of Freemasonry. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Being anonymous can lead to the temptation to try to cut corners, to get away with things; it can lead, in other words, to acting un-Masonically. When I wear my Masonic ring or drive my car with its Masonic license plates, or wear a lodge polo shirt, I am putting myself out there as a representation of our fraternity. As Most Worshipful Richard L. Swaney, Past Grand Master of Masons in Illinois, put it, “a Masonic license plate makes you a more polite driver.”

So my Masonic ring matters. Yes, it’s a nice piece of jewelry, but it’s more than that: it’s a sign to others that I’m trustworthy, a good man. So I’ll keep wearing it as a pledge to myself that I’ll remember what my obligation means and act accordingly

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What is Freemasonry

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Freemasonry is one of the worlds oldest fraternal societies. Ancient Freemasonrys lessons of moral values governing relations between people and its acknowledgement, without crossing the boundaries of religion, that all depends on the providence of God, apply today with as much force as they did when it took its modern form at the turn of the 17th century. Freemasonry has “secrets” used in proof of membership but it is not a secret society. Some of its internal affairs are private and Freemasons incline to reticence about their membership because they are taught not to use it to advance their own interests.

Although all Masons are required to profess and continue in a belief in a Supreme Being, and their ceremonies include prayers, Freemasonry is no substitute for religion: it has and can have no theological doctrines; it offers no sacraments, and does not claim to lead to salvation.

 

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