Now, nearly 200 years later, the apron lies at the heart of a growing controversy within the Masonic order: Who should display it and where? In what some Masons say was an impromptu decision ...

When I met with the pastor, I asked if I could have my father’s Masonic apron with his remains. I proudly said my father was a Mason, a Past Master. The pastor quickly dismissed that.

Not only were Masonic lodges open only to the connected, but their members also proudly displayed their status through elaborate parades, marching in white gloves, finely embroidered aprons and ...

Sponsor Message Still, Masonic secrecy often inspired opposition ... He says Mason symbols can be found on aprons, certificates and coffee cups. "It's all out there, and it's all fair game to ...

Photos of past master Masons and antique aprons, which are worn by members who hold office within their body of the Masons, line a lobby area in the basement of the Masonic Temple in Auburn.

The final stop on the tour is the “Grand Ballroom,” which features an impressive 17-foot tall bronze statue of Franklin in his Masonic apron — a ceremonial garb worn in honor of stonemasons ...

In this book (or movie), there would be hauntings, of course: angry, chisel-wielding ghosts in Masonic aprons rattling the chain-link fence that now cages the Masonic Home of Washington ...