Masonic Holiday Calendar. January January 17, 1706 – Ben Franklin born. Statesman, Diplomat, Past Grand Master January 12th, 1886 – Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 Consecrated in London. February February 22, 1732 – George Washington born, first President of the United States. March March 6, 1775 – Prince Hall, founding father of Prince Hall Freemasonry, was made a Master Mason in Irish Constitution Military Lodge No. 441 March 12, 1807 – Albert Gallatin Mackey – d. June 20, 1881 – Masonic Author, notably of the Masonic Dictionary. March 18, 1919 – Order of DeMolay founded in Kansas City, Missouri, later to become DeMolay International. Maundy Thursday – Feast Day that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. Dates move between March 19th and April 22nd with the Easter holiday. Celebration is held on the Thursday before Easter. April April 6, 1922 – International Order of the Rainbow for Girls founded in McAlester, Oklahoma. April 20, 1884 – Pope Leo XIII published an encyclical, Humanum Genus against Freemasonry based upon the hoax by Leo Taxil. May May 31, 1801 – Ordo ab Chao, Founding of the The Supreme Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, USA June June 20th/21st – Saint John the Baptist Day / Summer Solstice June 24th, 1717 – Founding of the United Grand Lodge of England. July August August 5th, 1813 – Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite founded. August 7, 1742 – William Preston born – d. April 1, 1818. Author of the revised Masonic Ritual. September September 11, 1826, the beginning of the Morgan Affair and the rise of the Anti Masonic Party. September 26, 1872 – founding of the Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Feast of Tishiri – 15th day of the 7th month – though the date moves with the Jewish Calendar (7th Month of the Jewish calendar somewhere between September and October). October October 18, 1911 – Corner Stone laid in the Construction of the Scottish Rite SJ house of the Temple in Washington. October 20, 1920 – The Order of Job’s Daughters, founded in Omaha, Nebraska. October 30, 1771 – Thomas Smith Webb, d. July 6, 1819 author of Freemason’s Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry, the foundational text of the York Rite American system of Freemasonry and the Founding Father of the York or American Rite. November November 6, 1876 – Order of the Eastern Star first General Grand Chapter formed in Indianapolis, Indiana. November 30, 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, - d.April 21, 1910. Author, humorist lecturer, and father of American literature. December December 29, 1809 – Albert Pike, author of Morals and Dogma born, d. April 2, 1891 (aged 81). December 21st/22nd – Saint John the Evangelist Day / Winter Solstice.
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