Instead of commonplace designs like flowers or snowflakes, seamstress Celestia A. Milliken decorated her colorful quilt in 1908 with the square and compass and 70 other secret symbols of Freemasonry.

A downtown Elgin church can remove Masonic symbols on the outside of its building, the city council said Wednesday night. The council voted 5-2 to let members of Family Life Church remove two markings ...

Several Masonic signs have been found 'hidden' in paintings of Scotland's bard Robert Burns. Tiny letters and symbols have been painted in minute detail in a paintings by Alexander Nasmyth, a ...

BARTOW - Inside the Bartow Masonic Temple, a lodge of Freemasons, are displayed photos of past leaders of this local group of civic-minded men. The photo gallery of "Worshipful Masters," meaning ...

Elgin officials will attempt to preserve the Masonic symbols on a historic city building after they are removed by the church that now owns it. At issue are images of a square, compass and the letter ...

A series of Masonic signs have been found “hidden” in paintings of Scotland’s bard Robert Burns. Tiny letters and symbols – such as a comet and hooded figures – have been painted in minute detail ...

Obelisks, with their towering, tapered shape and historical roots in ancient Egypt, have held a significant place in Masonic symbology. In Masonic lore, obelisks are often associated with the concept ...

I have been kept abreast on the ongoing saga pertaining to the church steeple mentioned on your website. I would like to advise a few facts which may or may not clarify your thinking. My qualification ...

In 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry landed at Hakodate, Hokkaidō, in the northern part of Japan. Two members of his crew who had died from disease were buried on the slopes of Mount Hakodate—the ...

Stunning portrait of the poet thought to be hiding a secret that's gone unnoticed for 230 years A series of Masonic signs have been found “hidden” in paintings of Scotland’s bard Robert Burns. Tiny ...