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Mark Tabbert, the Director of Archives and Exhibits at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association and the author of Almanac of American Freemasonry and A Deserving Brother: George Washington and Freemasonry, joins us so we can investigate and better understand Freemasonry and its role in Early America.
This episode is supported by an American Rescue Plan grant to the Omohundro Institute from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Ben Franklin’s World is a podcast about early American history.
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Episode Summary
Mark Tabbert, the Director of Archives and Exhibits at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association and the author of Almanac of American Freemasonry and A Deserving Brother: George Washington and Freemasonry, joins us so we can investigate and better understand Freemasonry and its role in Early America.
During our investigation, Mark reveals the origins of Freemasonry and its activities; How Freemasonry made its way to North America and became an American institution; And details about Freemasonry’s role in the American Revolution and in the formation of the new United States.
What You’ll Discover
- Freemasonry and its activities
- Origins of freemasonry
- Structure of freemasonry
- Masonic lodges and their role in freemasonry
- Establishment of freemasonry in colonial America
- Different Masonic orders: Orange Rite & Prince Hall
- Religion and early American freemasonry
- Women and freemasonry
- Why founding fathers became freemasons
- Freemasons Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, and George Washington
- Freemasonry and Ben Franklin’s diplomacy
- The American Revolution and freemasonry
- Masonic imagery in government seals
- The all seeing eye
- The George Washington Masonic National Memorial
- The George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association
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