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If you are a returning guest, you may notice that I’m giving the site a face lift with a clean new look.  And with that new look there are some great additional features in the works, including a forum, newsletter,

and members section with instant messaging, all of which I hope will foster a sense of community among the worldwide audience that this site is gaining.

While these features are coming online, all of the archives and current posts will be available, as well as shopping opportunities for Lodge Regalia, Masonic gifts, and Masonic apparel.

The designs featured here, both traditional and original, are digitally mastered and not the low quality clip art you may see elsewhere.  So bookmark this page, Brother, and look no further, as the Masonic Regalia Lodge will keep you in style, in Due Form and in the know with articles of Masonic interest updated frequently!


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blackscale2A favorite theme here at the Masonic Regalia Lodge is how Freemasonry, or at least the Hollywood idea of Freemasonry and its symbolism, has lately become — dare we say it — cool, even chic, in some circles.  A good example of this phenomenon is the success of the Black Scale clothing line.

Black Scale is a hip clothing brand focusing primarily on urban t-apparel.  As fashion writer Charlene Haze Alcantara notes, its growing popularity stems from its intriguing design aesthetic, an aesthetic inspired in no small part, from the iconography of Freemasonry.  Read her article here.

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Masonic Cornerstone

Masonic Cornerstone

Two students in Anacoco, Louisiana have stumbled upon a forgotten time capsule secreted in a Masonic Cornerstone.  The stone,which was placed in 1925 by members of the Orange Masonic Lodge 319, once supported the old auditorium of the Anacoco Elementary School.  Find out what they found inside the hidden box here.

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alabrynthHistorically, Masonic tradition makes a clear distinction between “operative” and “speculative” Freemasons, the difference being that the former work with real stone and the latter use the tools of stone construction to teach moral lessons.

Nowadays, Freemasonry is only speculative.  But the members of Tehachapi Masonic Lodge and the Scottish Rite from Bakersfield will be  acting as operative masons to assist in the construction of a stone walking-labyrinth like the one pictured above in Philip Marx Central Park, Tehachapi, CA.

Of course, since this type of labyrinth is a traditional symbol of finding one’s true self on the path of life, one could argue that they will be working in a speculative capacity as well.

Read the full story here.

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Here’s a fun and spooky story:  During a tour of the Racine Masonic Center in Racine, Wisconsin, hauntedmasoniccenterparanormal investigator Carol Breckenfeld had a gut reaction that prompted her to request permission to conduct a ghost hunt there.  While maybe there were no apparitions in Masonic regalia, her findings were nonetheless . . . interesting.  Read the story here.

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bookofliespapaerbacklgHow cool is this?  Author Brad Meltzer has teamed up with the Masonic Geocaching Society (I didn’t even know such a thing existed!) to create  a GPS treasure hunt as part of the release of Melter’s new novel, The Book of Lies.  Read the store here.

So what is geocaching?  It’s a pastime in which enthusiasts hide small “treasures” — anything from personal notes, to CD’s, books, etc. — and post the latitude and longitude coordinates of the treasure cache on a geocaching website so that others may find them with the help of GPS devices.

To read more about The Book of Lies geocaching game, click here.

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beehivelinedrawing1Well, after a few bad Masonic news posts in a row, I thought it was about time to highlight some of the great stuff going on in the Fraternity.   Here’s a sampling of our tenets in action:

King Solomon Lodge No. 60 recognizes the outstanding academic achievements of ten high school students with scholarships.  Story here.

Idaho Lodge installs a sidewalk for an elderly woman struggling with her walker over uneven path.  Story here.

English Masons purchase equipment for a pre-school.  Story here.

Canadian Masons provide child id kits.  Story here.

Prince Hall Masons raise money for cancer patient.  Story here.

Massachusetts Masons raise money for food pantry.  Story here.

And this is just a sampling of the good works from the past month alone.  Good job guys!

Like the look of that beehive graphic above?  Get it as free Masonic clip art here.

Please Brethren, don’t forget to bookmark this site with the button right below the post — especially this post as it would be great to get the word out about all these good works!

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Robert Chandler

Robert Chandler

Calling him a “Walter Mitty” character, an English court nonetheless declined to jail 69-year-old Robert John Chandler for his having stolen some fifteen thousand pounds from Colne Masonic Lodge where he was a member.  Get the full story here.

And in a correction to a post from the other day, we can remove “allegedly” from the post title about the shenanigans of another English freemason, David Bell.  He in fact pleaded guilty to swindling his lodge Brethren by using his position of trust as lodge secretary to draw up fraudulent wills.  Get the full story here.

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Well, this is sad news (and I apologize for having two downer posts in a row!) but it must be reported. After over a hundred years, the venerable Masonic Home run by the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire is closing for lack of funds and occupancy. This is especially unfortunate because the Grand Lodge had recently chartered a special lodge and lodge room there in the facility so that lodges from around the state could visit and hold meetings there for the resident Brethren without special dispensation from Grand Lodge — and folks were quite enthusiastic about is. Read more about is here.

New Hampshire Masonic Home, early 1900's

New Hampshire Masonic Home, early 1900's

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Here’s a cool new feature of the Masonic Regalia Lodge: Followers of this site on Twitter will receive notices of new posts to the site automatically. The Twitter username is masonicguy. And while you are at the site, you can check out the latest tweets in the sidebar to the right. Why not start following now!

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