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Grand Lodge Of Massachusetts Recognizes Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Of Texas

June 23, 2016 by Fred Milliken

THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE

OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS

OF

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

M.W.  Arthur E. Johnson, P.G.M.

Grand Secretary

Masonic Building

186 Tremont Street Boston 02111

Telephone 617-426-6040

Fax 617-426-6115 grandsec@glmasons-mass.org

June 13, 2016

Tracey C. Bittle, Grand Secretary

Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas, F. & AM.

PO Box 1478

Fort Worth, TX  76101

Dear Brother Bittle,

This letter will confirm that on June 8, 2016, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts,  AF.  & AM., unanimously voted to recognize the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. & AM. of Texas.

Most Worshipful Harvey John Waugh, Grand Master,  would be pleased to receive your recommendation   for  his  consideration   in  an  appointment   of  a  Grand  Representative   to Massachusetts  near the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas.

We look forward to a harmonious relationship with your Grand Lodge for many years to come.

AEJ/pal

Cordially and fraternally,

�c.�

Arthur E.  Johnson, P.G.M.

Grand Secretary

Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas

Filed Under: Featured, The Bee Hive Tagged With: Freemasonry, Freemasons, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Masonry, Masons, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas

Revisiting Masonic Artist Ryan Flynn

September 13, 2014 by Fred Milliken

Once Again we visit Masonic artist Brother Ryan Flynn but this time in person. You might remember my first article on Brother Flynn, The Multi Talented Masonic Graphic ArtistBrother Ryan J. Flynn.

The video pretty much tells the story so we will just add some highlights.


We are back once again to see what is new with Brother Flynn.  And the point is that there is always something new with this Masonic artist. Here is one Brother who doesn’t rest on his laurels but sets off into new worlds to conquer.. Greg Stewart followed that up with an in depth interview, Symbolism, Sacred Numerology and Mythology in Art with Artist and Freemason Ryan Flynn.

 

First of all note that there is a definite Celtic and medieval influence to what Flynn is doing now. Much of that can be seen in Patents or Masonic Certificates, what we called in the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts a Masonic diploma.

Often Flynn will produce graphic documents using Giclee Printing, that is printing with pigment. It never fades. Then he will hand accent with gold or silver and sometimes copper. The effect is illuminated documents.

Take the Novem Rose. He has designed it to be stained glass in a shadow box. Flynn would like to also do a Master Mason tracing board in stained glass.

Then who but a great artistic mind would design the Regis Pattern Certificate with a small print border of the Regis Poem. How about mirror printing or reverse writing?

Flynn puts some mystery into his documents, some codes and symbols you have to look closely to find and decipher.

The three part Middle Chamber depiction of 1) The Pillars, 2) The Steps and 3) Geometry is writing done in pig pen cipher. The pillars will be accented with bronze and elsewhere gold and silver will be used as a highlight.

When you stop and analyze what Flynn is producing you have to admire the ingenuity, the majestic style, the novel methods and the sheer artistic quality of each piece. Nobody that I know in the Masonic community is offering artwork that matches what Brother Ryan Flynn is turning out. You owe it to yourself to visit his website , http://www.ryanjflynn.com/ and take it all in. And on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/RyanJFlynnArtist

Filed Under: Featured, The Bee Hive Tagged With: artist, Freemasonry, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Master Mason, Ryan Flynn, Symbolism

Grand Historian Walter H. Hunt Commemorates The Battle Of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775

June 17, 2014 by Fred Milliken

On June 17, 1775 some 2000+ British troops commanded by General Thomas Gage stormed Breed’s Hill where the rebels were encamped.

Among subsequent charges up the hill that day Dr. Joseph Warren, Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and a Major General was slain.  This was a great loss for the Grand Lodge, for Massachusetts and for the Patriots who sought separation from British rule.

Today, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 a commemorative gathering took place at the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts and the keynote speaker was RW Walter H. Hunt, Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts AF & AM.

You might remember an article on the Beehive not too long ago about Brother Hunt:

Walter Hunt, Freemason’s Information Age Pioneer

Today we have his speech in its entirety on video. May it become a historical landmark that future generations may look back upon.

Filed Under: Featured, The Bee Hive, Video Tagged With: Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Massachusetts

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