The (Masonic)
Nation – United States of America.
Continued from USA- Masonic Nation.
"There were many Masonic
influences in early American history:
(1) Lafayette, the French liaison to
the Colonies, without whose aid the war could not have been won, was a
Freemason;
(2) The majority of the commanders
of the Continental Army were Freemasons and members of "Army Lodges";
(3) Most of George Washington's
generals were Freemasons;
(4) The Boston Tea Party was planned
at the Green Dragon Tavern, also known as the "Freemasons' Arms" and
"the Headquarters of the Revolution";
(5) George Washington was sworn in
as the first President of the United States by Robert Livingston, Grand Master
of New York's Masonic lodge, and the Bible on which he took his oath was from
his own Masonic lodge;
(6) The Cornerstone of the Capital
Building was laid by the Grand Lodge of Maryland."
“The New Secular Order” An Order based on reason.
The following profiles demonstrate
the commitment of the most prominent and influential founding fathers to
Freemasonry, deism and/or theism.
Benjamin
Franklin
"On 8 December
1730, Benjamin Franklin printed in his newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, the
first documented notice about Freemasonry in North America. Franklin's article,
which consisted of a general account of Freemasonry, was prefaced by the
statement that 'there are several Lodges of FREE MASONS erected in this
Province'... Franklin became Freemason in February 1731, and Provincial Grand
Master of Pennsylvania in 1734. He was one of the most influential figures in
the American Revolution. He was the writer, philosopher and scientist. He had
become a Freemason in 1731 when he joined the Lodge of St. John in
Philadelphia, which was the first recognized Masonic lodge in America. At the
time he was inducted Franklin was working as a journalist and he wrote several
pro-Masonic articles which were published in The Pennsylvania Gazette. In 1732
he helped draft the by laws of his lodge and in 1734 That same year, he ushered
into print the first Freemasonic book to be published in America, and edition
of Anderson's Constitutions...the Bible for English Freemasonry. It enunciates
what were to become some of the now familiar and basic tenets of the Grand
Lodge... (In) The first article... Anderson writes, 'tis now thought more
expedient only to oblige (Masons) to that Religion to which all men
agree..."
He eventually rose to Grand Master of the St. John's lodge and in
1749 was elected Grand Master of the Province. While in France in the 1770s, as
a diplomat for the American colonies, Franklin was made Grand Master of the
Nine Sisters Lodge in Paris. Members of the Lodge included Danton, who was to
play a crucial role in the French Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette and Paul
Jones, both of whom fought in the American War of Independence. While in Paris
Franklin used his Masonic contacts to raise funds to buy arms for the American
rebels.'" [Michael Howard, The Occult Conspiracy - Secret Societies -
Their Influence and Power in World History]
"Franklin, was also
a Rosicrucian Grand Master, who was at the heart of the Illuminati operations
to take over America and replace the visible control of the British Empire with
the invisible control of the secret brotherhood, the most effective and ongoing
form of mastering the underclass. It is said the Illuminati, via the
Freemasons, controlled and manipulated both sides in the American War of
Independence and were also deeply connected with the French Revolution (1789).
"Franklin was Agent
72 of the British intelligence agency created by Dr. John Dee and Francis Bacon
during the rein of Elizabeth I. During their time in London, Franklin and the
Professor were brought into contact with those in positions of power who shared
their Masonic and occult interests. One of these was Sir Francis Dashwood, the
English Chancellor of the Exchequer who was also the founder of a secret
society called the Friars of St. Francis of Wycombe, more popularly known in
the parlors of London as the Hell Fire Club.
"Franklin and
LeMarchand spent a summer at Dashwood's estate in West Wycombe, north of
London, where they took part in rituals in the specially-created caves dug on
Dashwood's orders.
"Dashwood and
Franklin, both postmasters, together were able to control and disseminate
intelligence better than the military. Postmaster at this point in history
meant spymaster as the postmasters controlled the movement of
information."
Franklin is also remembered as an
influential scientist and political statesman. To complement his reputation as
one of the great scientists of the 18th Century, he invented two common devices
still used today – the lightning rod and bifocal spectacles. He is also the
only Founding Father who is a signatory to the three foundation documents of
the United States: the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris and the
United States Constitution.
Manly P. Hall, in The Secret
Destiny of America, claims that Benjamin Franklin was part of the ‘ Order
of the Quest’, the secret movement to construct masonic democracy in the New
World:
Men bound by a secret oath to
labor in the cause of world democracy decided that in the American colonies
they would plant the roots of a new way of life…Benjamin Franklin exercised an
enormous psychological influence in Colonial politics as the appointed spokesman
of the unknown philosophers; he did not make laws, but his words became law.
George
Washington
Franklin had been a Freemason for
almost fifty years by the time he signed the Declaration of Independence. He
was not, however, the only Freemason involved in the Founding of the United
States.
Washington: An
Abridgement, by Richard Harwell, records the first president's initiation and
loyalty to the Masonic Lodge.
"On September 1, 1752, a new lodge of Masons held its first
meeting in Fredericksburg and soon attracted members. Under Daniel Campbell as
Master, a class of five was initiated on November 4. George, one of this group,
paid his initiation fee of £23s. as an Entered Apprentice. [Washington's
journey to Fredericksburg- 1781] In 1788, the year before becoming the first President of
the United States, Washington did become Master of the Alexandria lodge in
Washington, D.C., today known as the Alexandria Washington Lodge No. 22. The
lodge became the site of the George Washington Masonic Memorial in 1932, a huge
Masonic landmark modeled on the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, the
‘Pharos’.
"The journey had
shown that the President was as popular in the Southern States as he was in
Federalist New England. On the tour he received at least twenty-three
addresses. Particularly noticeable were the addresses from Lodges of Free
Masons. This probably had no other significance other than it disclosed the
strength of the Masons in the South and their pride in Washington as a brother.
His answers, in turn, were in good Masonic terms, with no casualness in his
references to his membership in the Order."
In 1791, Washington
chose Washington , D.C. in 1791 and commissioned Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a
French engineer, to create a plan for the physical layout of the city, with the
Capitol as the center of the city.
"[He] took the road
for the relatively brief ride to the Federal City. It was September 18 [1794],
the date for laying the cornerstone of the Capitol. The President found the
splendor of music and drums, of flying colors, of many Masons in their symbolic
regalia, of happy spectators generally. It was a memorable affair for the
Masonic Order, magnified by Washington's participation as a member."
Portions of the Temple
and The Lodge also confirm that Masonic ceremonies were conducted for
Washington's inauguration and the laying of the cornerstone of the Capitol
building:
"On 4 February
1789, Washington was elected first president of the United States and John
Adams his vice-president. The inauguration was on 30 April. The oath was
administered by Robert Livingston, Grand Master of New York's Grand Lodge...The
marshal of the day was another Freemason, General Jacob Morton. Yet another
Freemason, General Morgan Lewis, was Washington's escort... Washington himself
at the time was Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Virginia... On 14 December,
Alexander Hamilton submitted proposals for establishing a National Bank.
Jefferson opposed them but Washington signed them through. On the American
dollar bill was printed the 'Great Seal' of the United States. It is
unmistakably Freemasonic - an all seeing eye in a triangle above a
thirteen-stepped, four-sided pyramid, beneath which a scroll proclaims the
advent of a 'new secular order,' one of Freemasonry's long-standing dreams.
Despite attending church services
with his wife, Washington held philosophical and religious views which suggest
that he, like Franklin, was a Deist. He would regularly leave services before
communion, a habit which moved Reverend Dr. James Abercrombie to compose a
sermon scolding those in high positions for setting a bad example with their
church attendance. Washington responded by ceasing to turn up at all. When Rev.
Abercrombie was asked about Washington’s religious views later in life, he
simply replied: “Sir, Washington was a Deist.”
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