Thursday, 4 July 2013

July 4, a historic and Masonic event

Washington, United States of America. Today marks 237 years since the founding of the United States. The event has a double meaning: a historical and a Masonic one. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were Freemasons. The first President of the United States was also a Freemason. Given this, the event is marked symbolically by Freemasons throughout the U.S..