USA Today High School Sports: How to watch Texas high school football: Mason vs. Holland, Oct. 24 Mason and Holland will hit the field on Friday, Oct.

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How to watch Texas high school football: Mason vs. Holland, Oct. 24 The liberal activist Alexander Kerensky, who came to political power with the overthrow of the tsars in 1917, was a Mason. The organisation collapsed as the Bolsheviks took power and was again outlawed. Step into a Masonic lodge room with this virtual, 360-degree tour.

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Learn about some of the common “furnishings” of the lodge, including the altar, the great and lesser lights, and officers’ stations. National organized Freemasonry began in 1717 with the founding of the Grand Lodge—an association of Masonic lodges—in England. However, Freemason societies have existed for much longer. The most popular theory is that Freemasonry emerged out of the stonemasonry guilds of the Middle Ages. The three degrees of Freemasonry are Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason. They are loosely based upon the journeyman system, which was used to educate Medieval Craftsmen.

Symbolically, the degrees represent the three stages of human development: youth, manhood and age. Masons (also known as Freemasons) belong to the oldest and largest fraternal organization in the world. Today, there are more than two million Freemasons in North America. Masons represent virtually every occupation and profession, yet within the Fraternity, all meet as equals.