• Significant Developments and Changes in  Masonry in the 18th and 19th Centuries
  

Many of our practices today are believed to have emanated from ancient     Masonic usages;  others can be traced after  the amalgamation of  
different independent lodges particularly in England, where the first Grand 
Lodge was organized in 1717.  Through the years, changes, modifications 
and regulations were made, and passed on from generation to generation of Lodges and Grand Lodges throughout the world.  [read more]

• The Temple Built By King Solomon
  

For many years, the Ark of the Covenant containing the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments stood on a tabernacle in the city of David also known as Zion.  After King David's death his son Solomon fulfilled his father’s wish to build a temple as the Ark’s permanent repository.  From biblical accounts many interpretations of the Temple have been made.  However, the lack of factual information made early efforts in the 19th century almost exclusively artistic until Biblical Archeology became a serious field of study in the 20th century.  The extensive research work of Dr. Paul Leslie Garber in this area had made possible a reconstructed model of the Temple done in collaboration with professional model maker Mr. E.G. Howland.  [read more]