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Temperance =/= Prohibition
By the Rev. Dr. Mark D. Isaacs, Charles Harry Copestake AMD Council, No. 69 March 1, 2014 Moderation in all things.”[1] “Learn to subdue your passions and improve yourself in Freemasonry.” The recent ignominious needle-still-in-the-arm heroin death of the … Continue reading
The Lost Colony
Presented by VSM Martin W. Leukhardt March 1, 2014 Charles Harry Copestake Council 69 AMD During visit to Rosslyn Chapel, its carvings allegedly secret messages. I looked for three things: Stone carving of Templar Initiation: Kneeling Initiate holding Bible, with … Continue reading
Part 23: The Order of St. John of Jerusalem
The final straw that broke the Turkish back, on September 6th, the long anticipated relief force from Sicily, led by Don Garcia arrived in northeastern bay of the island, it was not the 16,000 promised actually around 8,000., but the … Continue reading
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Part 17: The Order of St. John of Jerusalem
The end of St. Elmo came with the arrival of Turkish reinforcements from Africa. New cannon batteries were placed to enfilade the fort, but even with these changes it was not until June 21st after a heavy bombardment, the Turks … Continue reading
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Part 21: The Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Literally, like some American Western, it was the cavalry to the rescue. Unknown to the defenders, from the old fort at Medina, the fort that Mustapha arrogantly had bypassed, the cavalry unit of the Order sallied forth and raided the … Continue reading
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Part 22: The Order of St. John of Jerusalem
On August 18th Egyptian miners tunneled under the walls of Birgu, exploded a mine and a large section of the main wall collapsed. Immediately the Turks swept forward into this undefended position. The defenders were in shock and hesitated. At … Continue reading
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Part 20: The Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Mustapha thought the time had come to make his surprise move, ordered the Janissaries in their ships forward to attack the point of Senglea. Unknown to the Turks at the very foot of Fort St. Anglo on the opposite side … Continue reading
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Part 19: The Order of St. John of Jerusalem
His plan was to send one force by water at the northwest side of the Senglea where ships could be run up onto the shore, a second force against the landward wall and a third force, his ace up his … Continue reading
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Part 18: The Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Turkish morale no doubt suffered, but Mustapha, as he walked through the ruins of St. Elmo, ordered what we would now consider psychological terrorism. He had the bodies of the Knights decapitated, “then nailed (the bodies) to improvised wooded crosses … Continue reading
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Part 16: The Order of St. John of Jerusalem
The landing of the Turkish army on May 18th was not resisted, spies and merchant men had warned the Grand Master La Valette that Suliman’s fleet and army was descending on Malta. The Turkish army advanced from its landing site … Continue reading
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