Do you know who the Masons' are?

Question

In my town they celebrate the 24th of June but not the 4th of July!

Answer 1

They are yo mama's friends! lol

Answer 2

Simply put, we are a fraternal organization dedicated to improving ourselves and helping others.

If you know what a Mason is, you are familiar with some of the jobs that a Mason might have, as far as building with stone and brick. Masons use certain tools and concepts to do their work. These are called operative Masons.

Freemasonry is also referred to as speculative Masonry, and this is a fraternal organization that (to make things simple), assigns certain ideas or principles to the working tools of operative Masons, and uses these to teach certain moral lessons. Our group is a fraternity based on this concept of conveying intangible ideas through the use of symbolism derived from ancient Masonic teachings.

As an example, Masons use a square to make sure that structures adhere to perfect angles. We may use this to remember to square our actions with others (to deal with people squarely and fairly). Also, an operative Mason uses a level to make sure that something is evenly perpendicular to the ground. Speculative Masons use this to teach that we are all equal and on the level with others.

Those are just a few examples of how Freemasonry and operative masons are related. However, it in not required that Freemasons be operative masons. We are bankers and ditch diggers, waiters and software engineers, preachers and bartenders, and all other occupations.

While it was pretty common for men at the time of the founding of the United States to be Freemasons, not all of the Founding Fathers were brothers. Ben Franklin, George Washington, Paul Revere were members, but John Adams and and others were not. Thirteen signers of the Declaration of Independence were Masons. The reason that so many were members is because the Masons believe in freedom and equality, so it stands to reason that men of such belief would be involved in the creation of our country. It should be mentioned, however, that this political activity was not done as an act of the Masons. In fact, many Masons at the time were also loyal to England.

As for the 4th of July and the 24th of June, the simple answer is this. Masons in the United States DO celebrate the 4th of July, but we may or may not have actual Masonic functions on that holiday, as most members, like all other Americans, are usually having BBQs or watching fireworks with their families. As for the 24th of June, that is a day celebrating St. John the baptist. Masons observe the works of the 2 prominent St. Johns, the baptist and the evangelist. The 24th is to celebrate the baptist.

There are a lot of conspiracy theories about the Freemasons out there, and many outrageous claims that we are Satanists or that we rule the country. First, how could an organization that gives about $2 million dollars A DAY to charity be an evil organization. Second, we are forbidden to discuss politics in our lodge meetings, so it would be pretty difficult to run a country while not speaking of politics.

Also note that all of these crackpot accusations about the Masons are made by non-Masons, so they really wouldn't know what they are talking about, would they.

If I can answer any further questions, please feel free to contact me.

Answer 3

Are you talking about the Masonic Fraternity? As for celebrating the 24th of June instead of the 4th of July, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Answer 4

You mean like the Masonic Order right? Where the women are the Eastern Stars?

Answer 5

The Masons are those people that once came to Privet Driveb to make a deal with Uncle Vernon, on my twelfth birthday, right before I started my second year at Hogwarts. Nasty, weird people they are!!

Answer 6

The comedian?

Answer 7

yeah, they live across from the Thompsons

Answer 8

Well...now I do I suppose