December 12, 2012
Invocation Pledge of Allegiance
Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one state under God, one and indivisible. one and indivisible.
Trestle Board... Next Wednesday - Square & Compasses December Stated – FRIDAY 12/28 Friday & Saturday, January 18 & 19
Grand Master's Weekend Walter Rogers, Grand Master (GM, DGM & GJD members of 33) South Padre Island PI Cornerstone – 2:00 PM Friday, 1/18 Banquet – 6:00 (7:00) PM Friday, 1/18 Open - $35.00 per person Conference – 9:00 AM Saturday, 1/19 Master Masons ONLY – No Charge
It's highly unlikely we'll ever know what really happened to William Morgan
TheMorganAffair
William Morgan: 1774 – 1826? Virginia Stone Cutter Canada Rochester, NY Batavia, NY Captain?Mason? Royal Arch
Morgan's Freemasonry Charter Member Expose Secrets Symbolic Secrets 287 years Printed since ArrestedKidnapped
“Morgan Affair” Jailed for debt ReleasedKidnapped? Fort Niagara DisappearanceDrowned? $500 & Canada? Cayman Islands?
Anti-Masonic Movement Governor DeWitt Clinton – Mason Six Masons Convicted Sentences from one to twenty-eight months Anti-Masonic Party Presidential Election William Wirt (anti-Mason) – 8% Henry Clay (PGM Kentucky) – 37% Andrew Jackson (PGM Tennessee) - 54%
Decline & Resurgence New York – From 480 to 75 Lodges Vermont – No meetings for 13 years Maryland – Thirteen Lodges survived Recovery began around 1840 Baltimore Convention – 1846 Stricter Tyling Dues Cards Good Standing
It's highly unlikely we'll ever know what really happened to William Morgan
Without Adversit y There Is No Success
The Morgan Affair remains today a Masonic Mystery
Please Don't Forget the Kitty!