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TRUE STORIES AND EVENTS



The stories below are about unusual items having Masonic significance.

Freemasonry, being world wide and too old to date, is such that it is unnecessary to make unrealistic claims as to its origin. There are enough true experiences and reports to make without making up stories. Most of these stories are taken from "The Truth is Stranger than Fiction" by Alphonse Cerxa.

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Bridgeport Lodge #181 has provided the majority of the following stories
THE CUP OF BROTHERLY LOVE LODGE IN TWO COUNTRIES AN IRISH MESSAGE ON STONE
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AND FREEMASONRY FREEMASONS IN THE AIR SMALL POCKS AND THE CRAFT
FREEMASONS AND THE MAYO CLINIC FREEMASONRY IN THE WHITE HOUSE STEPHEN GIRARD'S FUNERAL CAUSES TROUBLE
RUDYARD KIPLING AND THE CRAFT MASONIC COIN AS LEGAL TENDER NON-MASON DISCOVERS RARE MASONIC DOCUMENT
THE MASONIC OAK OF TEXAS ALBERT PIKE'S MASONIC LIBRARY SAVED BY ENEMY BROTHER UP IN THE WORLD
MUSIC FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM QUICK CHANGES OF MIND ELEVATORS THAT RUN SIDEWAYS
FAMOUS INDIAN MASON WHY PRESIDENT McKINLEY BECAME A MASON PLURAL MEMBERSHIP
THE SQUARE AND COMPASS BRAND MOON LODGES FREEMASONS BUILD FORTS
THE RUG OF APPRECIATION A MASON LOSES A BET AND NEW YORK GAINS PRESIDENT RAISES TWO SONS ON THE SAME NIGHT
SILENT CAL AND THE CRAFT SPECIAL MEETINGS CALLED FOR A KING A FULL MASONIC NAME
THE MAD EMPEROR SHORTEST LIVED MASON WYOMING GOVERNORS AND FREEMASONRY
RETRIBUTION FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HELPED BY FREEMASONS MASONIC CHARITY HELPED FATHER OF JOSEPH FORT NEWTON
CHEVALIER CHARLES D'EON, MAN OR WOMAN? THE THOMSON MASONIC FRAUD THE ADVENTURES OF CAGLIOSTRO
FEMALE TYLER OF A MASONIC LODGE THE LARGEST AND THE SMALLEST MASONS THE CATHEDRAL BUILDERS
THE RHODE ISLAND LEGEND OF 1658 HOW MANY MASONS SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
  THE STORY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, ELIHUS ROOT, AND THE GARDNER   FREDERICK THE GREAT HELPS A BROTHER'S WIDOW   ELIZABETH ST. LEGER or THE HONORABLE MRS. ALDWORTH
A CIVIL WAR STORY ERIC RING OF LOVE
20 GREATEST NAMES SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS OF THE CONSTITUTION
MASONIC INFLUENCES IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY THE LETTER "G" MY FIRST MASONIC MAGIC MOMENT
A BROTHER IN SAVANNAH A LIVING MASON