Category Archives: History

In this presentation, our subject is the Order of St. John of Jerusalem,  a/k/a Knights Hospitaller; Knights of Rhodes and Knights of Malta, and specifically their role in the Great Siege of  Malta in 1565 and a brief look at … Continue reading →

The Pilgrims left Plymouth, England, on September 6, 1620. Their destination? The New World. Although filled with uncertainty and peril, it offered both civil and religious liberty. For over two months, the 102 passengers braved the harsh elements of a … Continue reading →

St. John’s Lodge No. 1 A.Y.M., F & A.M is the owner of what is now known as the George Washington Inaugural Bible.  On April 30th 1789 it was upon this Bible George Washington took his oath of office and … Continue reading →

Lake George was wilderness. It was the void between two encroaching European frontiers. Just a few miles north of the lake, stood Fort Carillon, the French fortress, designed to guard the area north from any English advance into Canada. Several … Continue reading →

Austin Holden was born in White Creek in Washington County, New York in 1819.  He was raised by his dad and step-mother from the age of four. He arrived in Glens Falls in 1836 at the age of 17 and studied … Continue reading →

The Anti-Masonic Party was the first Third Party to emerge into the American national political field and they entered during the election of 1832.  The Anti-Masons opposed the secrecy of the Masonic Order, an exclusive society in which everything was … Continue reading →

Harry Houdini, an American magician, was the son of Jewish parents. His father was a very learned Rabbi. Houdini was born on April 6, 1874 in Appleton, Wisconsin.  His real name was Erich Weiss, but he took the name of … Continue reading →

The Moderns The Grand Lodge constituted in 1717 was titled’”The Right Worshipful Fraternity of Accepted Free Masons,” and later became “The Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons under the Constitution of England” more generally known as … Continue reading →

Without a doubt, Masonry has existed from the time when “the memory of man runneth not to the contrary” – that is from “time immemorial.” Some Masonic writers in the late 190′ Century claimed Noah as our founder. Those of … Continue reading →

Facts presented in this section were derived from a pamphlet entitled, “Interesting Historical Data” by MW Annie M. Pond published in 1950 by the Order of the Eastern Star of the State of New York.  Early historical Information in this … Continue reading →