PATCHOGUE, N.Y. – A man was killed during a Masonic initiation ceremony when another member fired a gun loaded with real bullets instead of the expected blanks and shot him in the face, police said ...

The Masons, a fraternal organization whose members have included George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, may be unacceptable to Southern Baptists because of the group’s secret, symbolic rituals. At ...

2004-03-10 04:00:00 PDT Patchogue, N.Y.-- The initiation rituals at the Masonic lodge here had been bathed in secrecy over the years. The climax of Monday night's ceremony was to be a simple prank. A ...

Longview Masonic Lodge No. 404 spent time Wednesday evening reviving a ceremony that hadn’t been conducted in East Texas in more than 70 years. The Walk on St. John the Baptist Feast Day honors the ...

Pueblo's masons were treated to an international fete Monday night as a dozen Scottish Masons performed Masonic degree work for them. The Scottish Masons from the Lodge St. Thomas in Glasgow, Scotland ...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y., March 10 (UPI) -- Members of a New York Masonic lodge grieved Wednesday over the shooting death of a man who was being initiated into the group. William James, 47, was sitting in ...

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In the center of Castleton, occupying part of a 1917 two-story brick block, Lee Lodge No. 30, established in 1852, an organization of Free and Accepted Masons who built the Bird Mountain Monument, is ...

In a traditional ritual-style ceremony, new officers were installed at the Mt. Hiram Lodge #595 in Copperas Cove last Saturday. Each new officer was given a symbol that represents his position within ...