Can you name the 13 Masons who signed the Constitution? I know I couldn't. Gunning Bedford Jr Lodge 14, Christina Ferry, Delaware John Blair Williamsburg Lodge #6 David Brearley Military Lodge #19, Pa Jacob Broom Lodge 14, Christina Ferry, Delaware Daniel Carrol Lodge #16, Baltimore Jonathan Dayton Temple Lodge #1, Elizabethtown John Dickinson Lodge #18, Dover, Delaware Benjamin Franklin St. Johns Lodge Nicholas Gilman St. Johns Lodge #1, Portsmouth, NH Rufus King St. Johns Lodge, Newburysport, Ma James McHenry Spiritual Lodge #23, Maryland William Patterson Berkshire Lodge #5, Stockbridge, Ma George Washington Fredricksburgh, Va
It reminds me that there was a bond between so many of the early Patriots that was, on the one hand, strengthened by their sense of nationalism but, on the other hand, totally transcended it!
I've pondered this since my last post and I have asked myself about other Masons who were important historical fellows. With his sense of equality and honesty I would have expected that Lincoln would have been a Freemason, but I've never read anywhere that he was. Anyone know?
Abe Lincoln did petition his local Lodge. However, this when he was running for president or right before (I cannot remember which). He decided to hold off as he wanted to dedicate his time to the presidency. He was planning on joining after being president.
