Nov 3, 2012 | History
No one knows with certainty how or when the Masonic Fraternity was formed. A widely accepted theory among Masonic scholars is that it arose from the stonemasons’ guilds during the Middle Ages. The language and symbols used in the fraternity’s rituals come from this...
Nov 3, 2012 | History
Two Hundred Years of Harmony March 1676: Native Americans, at war with colonists during King Phillips War, burn every home in the frontier settlement of Pawtuxet Village. Inhabitants abandoned the settlement finding refuge within the stockade of Providence Colony....
Nov 3, 2012 | History
Designed by: W. George H. Burnham of St. Johns Lodge Providence This coat is expressive of loyalty, patriotism and peace. It’s blazon is as follows: Per pale and fess, The arms of the Grand Lodge of...
