* REMINDER * One more week before the Grand Master’s Official Visit to Masonic District 22. Please join us for an evening of fellowship and dining, together with the Grand Master, fellow brethren, and their guests. Date: Saturday, October 25, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM EST Location: Kazim Shrine Center, 628 Campbell Avenue, Roanoke, VA Attire: Business Casual (Slacks, Collared Shirt) Registrations have closed. #proudmemberofthevirginiamasonicfamily #mahovayourmasoniccommunity #mahovainyourhome #everymasonisaleader #masonichomeofvirginia #mahova #2B1ASK1 #grandlodgeofvirginia #virginiagrandcommandery #knightstemplar #grandcommandery #theshrine #scottishrite #RoyalArch #demolay #jobsdaughters #rainbowgirls (fb)

General Douglas MacArthur The Man, the Freemason, the American Hero Alexander S. MacNabb General of the Army Douglas MacArthur’s Masonic experiences, like his military experiences, were quite exceptional. He played an important role in helping Freemasonry in the Philippines and was the key figure in restoring Freemasonry to Japan. Tonight’s program will focus on the General’s Masonic history and briefly summarize his amazing military career of more than a half century. Douglas MacArthur became a Freemason while serving as Field Marshall of, and Military Advisor to, the Philippine Army. As you might suspect, the General was not an ordinary candidate when, for the second time in the history of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines, Grand Master Samuel Hawthorn exercised his prerogative to make MacArthur a “Mason at sight.” On January 17, 1936, in the presence of over six hundred Master Masons, who watched in the breathless silence of a crowded hall, General Douglas MacArthur received the degrees. He was visibly moved throughout the ceremony. The Entered Apprentice Degree was conferred by Past Grand Master Frederick H. Stevens, immediately followed by Past Grand Master Francisco Delgado conferring the Fellowcraft Degree on MacArthur, and then Most Worshipful Samuel Hawthorne raised General MacArthur to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. Following the ritual, the Brothers welcomed the prominent American General and, at the same time, paid homage to his father, a respected Brother, General Arthur MacArthur. After being raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason, Douglas MacArthur affiliated with Manila Lodge No. 1 and on March 13, 1937, joined the Scottish Rite. He was elected Knight Commander Court of Honor on October 19, 1947 and later coroneted 33° at the American Embassy in Tokyo. Continue reading: https://bit.ly/4mH4pWC #proudmemberofthevirginiamasonicfamily #mahovayourmasoniccommunity #mahovainyourhome #everymasonisaleader #masonichomeofvirginia #mahova #2B1ASK1 #grandlodgeofvirginia #virginiagrandcommandery #knightstemplar #grandcommandery #theshrine #scottishrite #RoyalArch #demolay #jobsdaughters #rainbowgirls (fb)