‘Academy speakers are set in stone’

    

The Pennsylvania Academy of Masonic Knowledge has its Fall Symposium plans set in stone, as it were, and the speakers will be Chris Ruli and Tyler Dow Whitaker. That’ll be Saturday, October 28 at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown.

Chris Ruli

Ruli is a Past Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia. He wowed us at the Masonic Society’s 2022 annual meeting in Virginia with his talk on facts and fictions in the roles Masons played in constructing the Federal City. You don’t want to miss him.

This time, he will discuss “Freemasonry’s Legacy on the American Presidency.” He is a gifted speaker, and you can believe he has mastered his subject. Chris has written a book titled The White House & the Freemasons that is to be released this month by Macoy.

Tyler Dow Whitaker

Also on the agenda is Tyler Dow Whitaker, an Indiana Freemason who will present “Operative Masonry in a Speculative World.” He also is an operative stone mason, employed in the field of cemetery monuments. In addition to his talk, Whitaker will craft a limestone piece (from the same stone as that used in the George Washington Masonic National Memorial cornerstone re-dedication in February) and will give it randomly to someone in the audience—so make sure you’re registered and in attendance!

The PAMK will post registration info on its website soon. Sounds like a great day.

I was invited to speak before the Academy a number of years ago. Sounds good to me, I said, but you should check with your grand master about it. So they checked, and the invitation had to be withdrawn. Story of my life.