MASONIC AMERICANA Volumes 1 & 2

Issued by Knights Templar Magazine

Published by Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, U. S. A., 1985

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MASONIC AMERICANA
Volumes I & II
Issued by Knights Templar Magazine
Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, U. S. A.
Volume I
Fifteenth Printing ? May 1985
Volume II
First Printing (10,000 copies) - May 1985
VOLUME I CONTENTS:
MASONIC PRESIDENTS:

LEADERS OF INDEPENDENCE:

EARLY FRATERNAL LEADRS:

ERA OF EXPANSION:

MASONIC AMERICAN HISTORY:
Whence Came American Templary? The Lodge of Washington; Masonry in New Orleans; Masonry in New Mexico.
THE FLAG:
Flag Day; The Flag of Liberty; In Praise of Old Glory; More Flag Waving Needed; The Flag.
BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS, STATUES:
George Washington Masonic National Memorial; The Liberty Bell; A Daughter of Independence; Known but to God; Landmarks of Americana; The Long Gray Line.
TWENTIETH CENTURY MASONS:
William Jennings Bryan, Man of Conviction; Man of Action; Black Jack Pershing; Life and Times of Thomas Marshall; Brother Richard E. Byrd; Brother Will Rogers; The Defender of St. Vith; Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.; From the Days of King Arthur; Freemasons in the Space Age; Conquest of the Moon.
DEDICATION AND INSPIRATION:
America Approaching 1976; Hold on to Your Constitution! Washington at Valley Forge; Daughters of the American Revolution.
INDEX

VOLUME II CONTENTS:
Forward:
INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS: IN GOD WE TRUST
General Washington?s Vision; Letter to Washington; The Incredible Experiment; Freedom?s Roots.
THE FREEDOM DOCUMENTS:

THE RISE OF FREEMASONRY
The Craft and Social Activism; Colonial Military Lodges of the Revolution; Lodge ?Glittering Star? No. 322; The Early Years in America; Benjamin Hurd, Jr. (1750-1821); William Gibbes Hunt (1791-1833); Albert Pike (1813-1891); ?The Mason?s Holy House?. Freemasonry: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow; Our Templar Heritage in the United States.
THE STATESMEN:
John Hancock; First Governor of the Northwest Territory; Legendary Spark for Memorial Day;
John Cabell Breckinridge; ?Let Every American?; Ely Samuel Parker; Sir Knight Garret A. Hobart; ?Let Freedom Ring?; President Harding?s Last Address.
THE HEROS OF THE 18th CENTURY:
The Shot Heard ? Round the World; The Boston Tea Party; Why Did Washington Cross the Delaware? Baron de Kalb, An American Hero; Father of the United States Navy; Thomas Procter (1739-1806); Commander Preble and His Boys; Commodore Abraham Whipple; Commodore Samuel Tucker; Brother James McHenry Remembered, Surrender at Yorktown.
WESTWARD HO!:

THE HEROS OF THE 19th AND 20th CENTURIES:
Brother Winfield Scott; A Masonic Incident; David Glasgow Farragut; Winfield Scott Hancock, (1824-1886); General John Gregg, C. S. A. and General George B. McClellan, U. S. A.; ?Prayer of an Unknown Confederate Soldier?; Sir Galahad of Southern Chivalry; Captain Eddie Rickenbacker; John A. LeJeune, U. S. M. C.; Remembrances of Wilber M. Brucker; Love of Country; Above and Beyond.
THE HUMANITARIANS:

THE ARTISANS:
Brother Charles Wilson Peale; James Hoban; Amos Doolittle (1754-1832); Man-The Builder; Mr. Key?s Poem; William W. Seaton, Printer to Congress; The Real Macoy; ?A Prayer? and ?The Builders?; And the Bands Played On; The Gentle Man From Detroit; ?Knights Templar?; The Man on the Mountaintop; Brother Norman William Allen; Long Live the King; Play a Simple Melody.
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL:

SYMBOLS OF A FREE LAND:
The Stars and Stripes; The Founder of Flag Day; On the Anniversary of the Birth of Our Flag; Happy Birthday, Uncle Sam; And Her Name: ?Mother of Exiles?; ?The New Colossus?; The Great Seal of the United States; Electing the President.
TO INSPIRE AND REMEMBER:
The American Legion; My Land and Yours; Keeping the Springs of Masonry Flowing; ?The Builder?; A Revival of Spirit; The Onward Sweep of America.
Index:
CONDITION:
These two books are paperbacks.
Exterior: Volume II has a stain on the back and side cover. There are no stains on Volume I.
Interior: Both books are clean on the inside, The writing is clear on both volumes with no notes written on any page.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1789724608383

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MASONIC AMERICANA Volumes 1 & 2
• Publisher: Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, U. S. A.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 5.25W x 8.625H x 0.5D inches 5.25 inches width by 8.625 inches height by 0.5 inches depth
• Weight: 2.5 pounds