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Thank you for downloading this 
episode of our podcast. 

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Hi, and welcome to the podcast 
for Solomon staircase, Masonic 

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lodge number 357. 
When we talk about all things 

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related, with Freemasonry 
including traumatic teachings, 

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philosophy reason spirituality 
and much more we're located in 

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Southern California, tuned in as

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we continue to update our 
podcast with informative talks 

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and articles for Mason's 
worldwide. 

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And those who would like to 
inquire within The following 

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article is from the September 
1992, Scottish Rite Journal of 

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Freemasonry Southern 
jurisdiction, USA. it's titled 

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Masonic philately by Robert Aid,
the Ming The Sonic philately is 

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an interesting field within the 
hobby of stamp collecting. 

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It unites the hobby of 
presidents and Kings with the 

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universality of Freemasonry, a 
collector. 

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Does not have to be a member of 
The Craft to become involved in 

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this hobby, but knowledge of the
fraternity does enhance the 

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appreciation and enjoyment of 
this. 

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Very interesting topic. 
The various collecting 

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categories within this area are 
several and what is not 

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constrained to collecting just 
stamps. 

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But first, let us look at the 
basic stamp collecting 

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categories within Masonic 
philately of primary importance,

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are those stamps, which portray 
men who are known or strongly 

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believed to be Freemasons. 
There are many, many stamps, and

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masons in this category within 
the United States. 

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The foremost category is the 
group of 15 presidents who have 

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at least been initiated and 
apprentices. 

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Covering the list from George 
Washington to Gerald. 

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Ford presidents have always been
key. 

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Subjects for stamps of the 
United States, the George 

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Washington, quite naturally 
leading, the group and quantity,

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Many great military leaders of 
our nation satisfy. 

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The Dual criteria of being 
Freemasons and appearing on 

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postage stamps, notable. 
Inclusions are General Hap 

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Arnold Admiral David G Farragut.
The first admiral of the u.s. 

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Navy general. 
Nicholas Herkimer kept in John 

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Paul Jones and general Douglas 
MacArthur several us astronauts 

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were Mason's and can be found on
postage stamps issued by foreign

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countries John Glenn Gus Grissom
Buzz Aldrin. 

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And Gordon Cooper lead this 
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Add to these three categories, 
those Freemasons who are not 

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elevated to the presidency. 
We're not in the military and 

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did not fly in space but were 
otherwise noteworthy. 

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And thus honored on a postage 
stamp and one has a significant 

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number of individuals around 
which he could develop a 

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meaningful collection this 
later. 

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Category would have include 
Richard eBird explorers Lewis 

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and Clark George M Cohen Ben 
Franklin Clark Gable, Sam 

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Houston, Sam Rayburn and 
secretaries of Treasury bib. 

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Amble Cobb Corwin Duane Guthrie,
Manning melon Woodbury, and 

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Wolcott. 
Collecting the stamps themselves

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is only part of the enjoyment of
masonic philately, researching 

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The Hobby can far outweigh 
locating and purchasing of the 

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stamps in time consumed and 
satisfaction achieved for many 

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of our philatelist Brethren the 
details of their Masonic 

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membership are well-documented 
and readily available for 

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others. 
The data is very obscure by 

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virtue of lost or damaged 
records and can only be 

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substantiated by hearsay or 
secondary references. 

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Occasionally new information is 
uncovered which can make Masonic

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philately collections, more 
complete in their knowledge 

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base, or conversely can 
eliminate a subject previously 

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thought to be Mason such as John
James Audubon. 

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If one wishes to expand his 
collecting interest beyond the 

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confines of the United States, 
the boundaries are open 

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considerably The Collection, can
include Kings princes potentates

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and all other formations, the 
revolutionist of South American 

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nations. 
Also provide a fertile field for

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collecting and research. 
The quantity of stamps available

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to the Masonic philatelist. 
Worldwide numbers to the 

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hundreds even thousands. 
Masonic philately can also reach

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into and ciliary areas. 
Some collectors feel constrained

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to collect only Mason's pictured
on postage stamps. 

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Others prefer to expand to 
include stamp designs, which are

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related to the saliva's of 
certain Freemasons. 

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For example, the Liberty Bell 
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tolling the death of Chief 
Justice, John Marshall, a Mason.

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The Liberty Bell is pictured on 
stamps, so they would be 

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applicable brother, Frank A 
banks was supervising engineer 

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of the Grand Coulee Dam a stamp 
design, James, a Naismith, 

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founder of the game of 
basketball gutzon Borglum and 

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his son, Lincoln sculptors of 
Mount Rushmore and Frankie 

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Herring the first sponsor of 
Mother's Day. 

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Suggest further opportunities 
for collection enhancement, the 

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possibilities are endless and 
are bounded only by the 

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collectors, imaginative and 
desire for further research into

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the area of masonic vitally. 
Examination of stamp designs and

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the use of a little bit of 
imagination and creativity, can 

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yield a collection of stamps 
which pictures each and every 

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symbol of masonry. 
A working knowledge of masonic 

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ritual is extremely helpful. 
In this aspect of the topical 

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collection, many foreign Nations
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Masonic anniversaries, such as 
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picture Masonic symbols 
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A very popular adjunct to stamp 
collecting is the field of cash.

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A do cover collecting this. 
Medium allows the enhancement of

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the stamp design by added 
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illustrations, photographs, and 
text Masonic cached. 

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Covers date back to the late 
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Creations is in the thousands. 
A catalogue of these covers has 

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been compiled for reference 
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Postmasters used hand cancels to
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that the stamps were not reused.
These cancels were made of cork 

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or other suitable materials, and
were crafted into several Unique

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Designs, quite naturally. 
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members of the craft shows the 
square and Compass has as their 

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design of their cancel Stamper. 
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the triangle. 
And an Open Bible were also used

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The applications created stamps 
and covers, which are quite rare

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and very much sought after 
today. 

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Each of these facets of masonic 
philately could be, used to 

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establish a worthwhile 
collection by themselves or 

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combinations thereof can result 
in a very impressive collection,

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which serves not only as a hobby
but is a powerful research and 

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educational tool. 
Nevertheless the number of 

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masonic philatelist throughout 
the world is quite limited 

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compared to the number of stamp 
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There are several organizations 
comprised of these topical lists

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and some of them public 
periodic, newsletters overseas 

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organizations include Masonic 
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Britain, the Netherlands, 
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Australia, Here in the United 
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There are local clubs in Denver 
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Milwaukee Wisconsin York, 
Pennsylvania and Washington, 

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d.c. the last, the George 
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Masonic stamp club opens his 
membership to Mason's of all 

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areas and issues and annual 
newsletter. 

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The Masonic stamp club of New 
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the collectors club in New York 
City and publishes a quarterly 

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newsletter. 
The Masonic study unit of the 

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American topical Association has
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newsletter on a bi-monthly 
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Since April 1977, welcome join 
these or other Masonic 

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philatelist groups to enjoy a 
whole new dimension of our 

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craft. 
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Now, if I've been saying that 
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but I can't say I actually know 
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So with that, I hope you enjoy 
the episode and if you do please

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feel free to leave us a review 
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We've been doing this for about 
sixty two episodes now and we're

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looking for some feedback. 
Thanks everyone. 

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I've mentioned this before and 
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sometimes I find an article that
ties in really well with 

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something that we had done a 
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So what I'm going to do is go 
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and re-released the podcast. 
So I'm in the May 2004 edition 

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of the northern light. 
There is a in our page here, an 

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article about Masonic stands 
Masonic Bean in that. 

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They are from Brother. 
Mason's. 

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So this article is called the 
Stamp Act, a philatelic review 

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by Robert a dumbing to Ming Burl
Ives born Burrell. 

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I'd Idaho was born in Hunt, 
Township, Indiana, June 14th 

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1909. 
He attended East, Illinois, 

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State, teachers, college and 
played professional football, he

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became a singer of ballads and 
folk songs and played minor 

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roles on Broadway. 
He was in Irving Berlin's. 

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This is the Army in 1942 and 
began his movie career in 1946, 

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he made hundreds of records and 
became known as the Wayfaring 

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Stranger. 
He died in 1995 Burl Ives was 

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honored by Guiana with a 
souvenir. 

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Near sheet issued in 1996, he 
was a member of Magnolia, large,

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number, 242 Santa Barbara, 
California having been raised in

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1977 Carl shirts and a German 
American statesman was honored 

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on a United States Post Office. 
Great American stamp in June 

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1983. 
He was made a Mason and Herman. 

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Lodge number 125 Philadelphia 
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February 23rd 1855. 
Born in libel are near Cologne 

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Germany in 1829. 
He studied at cologne and was a 

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doctoral candidate at the 
University of Bonn in 1847, the 

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German Revolution of 1848 
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And he became leader of a 
student revolutionary movement. 

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He escaped to France and was 
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He emigrated to the u.s. in 1852
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In Wisconsin in 1859 and entered
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In 1860 appointed minister to 
Spain by Abraham Lincoln, he 

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became a brigadier general of 
Union, volunteers rising to the 

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rank of major-general and chief 
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After the Civil War, he served 
as a newspaper, correspondent 

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and re-injured politics in 1868 
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Secretary of the Interior. 
He returned to journalism in 

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1891 and died in New York City 
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Next is Sir, Moses Montefiore 
are 1784 to 1885 was an 

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italian-born English Jew. 
He became very wealthy through 

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his activities, in the London 
Stock Exchange throughout his 

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life. 
He was a benefactor of the 

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Jewish people, given a helping 
hand, wherever and whenever 

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needed among other things. 
He saved the Jews of Damascus 

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during the 1840, pogroms and 
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Jerusalem outside the walls of 
the old city, he was one of the 

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most influential Jewish 
personalities of the 19th 

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century. 
That was the first you ever to 

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be knighted in England sir Moses
was an active Freemason and a 

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member of Mount Moriah. 
Lodge number 124 in London, 

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there are two larges name for 
him one in London and one in 

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Glasgow Scotland, Israel issued 
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1981 Antonio Luna, a doctor of 
pharmacology, a brilliant 

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writer. 
And revolutionary leader who 

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opposed the u.s. occupation of 
the Philippines was born in 

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Manila in 1866. 
He received his ba degree in 

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1883 and his Doctorate in 1890. 
At the Central University of 

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Madrid, he was a member of the 
propagandist in Europe and have 

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a short imprisonment in Spain, 
although he was an excellent 

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Soldier. 
He was a poor politician and was

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murdered by his countrymen in 
June 1899 and cabanatuan Nueva 

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aqui. 
Aha, General. 

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Luna was made a mason in Spain 
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Lodge solidaridad in number 53 
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He assisted doctors Pardo D.C. 
Tara and re Stone Bautista in 

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founding a triangulo in Paris 
under the auspices of Loggia. 

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Solidarity, that he was 
commissioned with Serrano 

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locked. 
All to secretly organize, a 

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masonic lodge in the 
Philippines, to strengthen the 

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propaganda movement. 
And finally, Andrew Johnson 

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17th. 
President of the u.s. was born 

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in North Carolina in 1808. 
Self-educated he was apprenticed

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to a tailor at the age of 10 
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Greenville Tennessee in 1826, he
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He served as a member of US 
Congress in 1843 253 governor of

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Tennessee 1853 257 and US 
senator 1857 262 loyal to the 

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union. 
He served as a military governor

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of Tennessee and then as vice 
president under Incan for just 

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over a month, he succeeded to 
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Lincoln servant until 1869. 
He served briefly as a u.s. 

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senator in 1875 to his death. 
In July of that Year, brother 

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Johnson, received his degrees in
1851, in Greenville, log number 

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119, and remained, a member of 
that launch until his death. 

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He was a member of both the York
and Scottish Rite bodies being 

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the first president to receive 
the Scottish Rite degrees. 

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They were conferred by Benjamin 
be French. 

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He participated in many Masonic 
Cornerstone Stone Lanes. 

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He's pictured on a stamp issued 
by Liberia in 1981. 

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