Texas Lodge No. 46 of San Juan Bautista California » Video-Masonic History of the USA

This 1960’s vintage “periscope” black and white film, recounts the unique sequence of events, which brought the USA into being. The emblematic square and compass is forever tied to the founding of freedom in the USA.

Invest 25 minutes to learn about the history of the USA, and your Masonic Brothers who were involved in its various stages of its dramatic founding.

They met in 1775, and staged the Boston Tea Party, to protest the Tyranny of the British who were extraditing and persecuting Americans back in England.

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