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The Masonic Hall of Fame: Extraordinary Freemasons in American Since November, the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library has been welcoming visitors to the museum to our latest exhibition, “The Masonic Hall of Fame: Extraordinary Freemasons in American History.” This new exhibition showcases inspiring Freemasons and introduces visitors to the history of American Freemasonry. In telling this story, the exhibition draws on the Museum & Library’s rich collection of objects, images, and archival material. Each object in the exhibition is connected to a Mason who helped shape and sustain Freemasonry, in big and small ways. Visitors to the exhibition learn about extraordinary Masons in the Hall of Fame who, through their outsized contributions to Freemasonry, government, the arts, and other pursuits, made a profound impact on their world and ours.
Hall of Fame Ten Masonic Hall of Fame inductees are featured this year and more will be added in coming years. In Hall of Fame kiosks placed throughout the exhibition, visitors can learn more about these inductees: explorers, such as John Glenn and Lewis and Clark, and men who fought for social justice, like John Lewis and Prince Hall. Their stories are presented alongside visionary and compassionate leaders such as Harry Truman and John Lejeune; giants of American arts like Mark Twain and Irving Berlin; and those of two leaders who helped establish the United States in its earliest years, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. In putting together this exhibition, staff at the Museum & Library hoped that visitors would find inspiration in the Hall of Fame inductees’ personal biographies, accomplishments, and words.
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Notable and Everyday Americans The exhibition looks at the history of Freemasonry in the United States from its beginnings in the 1700s to the present day. In the exhibition, visitors will encounter both remarkable and everyday Freemasons who helped to build communities, establish charitable institutions, and shape American society. Rooted in the Fraternal bonds and connections between members, Freemasonry continues to play an important part in the lives of members and their families. “The Masonic Hall of Fame: Extraordinary Freemasons in American History” illuminates some of the ways that the United States and Freemasonry have grown, thrived, and changed together.
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