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A partnership between New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education 1786 and Jerusalem Lodge 26 will come to fruition Saturday in the first meeting of their book club. Allen E. Roberts’ Freemasonry in American History is to be explored.
The brethren will meet in the library (third floor) of the Plainfield Masonic Temple, located at 105 East Seventh Street in historic Plainfield, New Jersey. Great building. One of two remaining 1920s vintage multi-room Masonic temples in the state.
It’s a fine choice for a first book for the club. Written in the popular style, rather than academic, Freemasonry in American History is an easy read that checks off the major people, places, and events that every Mason in this country ought to know about. From what I recollect from about twenty-five years ago, the author’s editorializing is sometimes amusing but, again, this is not a textbook. Its first nine chapters will be discussed.
Copies of the book will be available for $20 each, and a PDF is found here.
Be there by 10 a.m. Plenty of parking.
