Notable Masons

Men who carried the Craft into history: soldiers, poets, philosophers, and statesmen whose lives were shaped by Freemasonry and who shaped the world in turn.

The Life and Legacy of the Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette Lodge No. 41 carries his name, displays his apron, and conducts its work in the tradition he helped shape. He was a French aristocrat who crossed the Atlantic twice in service of liberty, a general who stood beside Washington at Yorktown, a Freemason whose initiation is debated by scholars to this day, […]

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The Life and Legacy of Albert Pike

Albert Pike Lodge No. 117 was chartered in Denver in 1903 and met in the Masonic building at 16th and Welton for more than a century before merging with Pythagoras Lodge to form Marquis de Lafayette Lodge No. 41. The lodge took its name from one of the most...

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Friedrich Schiller and Freemasonry

Schiller Lodge No. 41 was chartered in Denver in 1881 by a group of German-speaking Masons who wanted to honor Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, one of the towering figures of German literature and philosophy. Their lodge was the only one in Colorado authorized...

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Rob Morris, Poet Laureate of Freemasonry

Rob Morris Lodge No. 92 was chartered in Denver in 1892 by several members of Denver Lodge No. 5 who wanted to honor one of the most productive Masons in American history. Their first Worshipful Master, John Fulton, had personally known the man. Morris had died four...

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