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Is it true that Masons staged a firing-squad "death" for Napoleon's star general then secretly shipped him to North Carolina to pose as a schoolteacher?

How could one Masonic governor tell his people jokes while hundreds of thousands of men were dying or walking home on one leg?

What did a member of Excelsior 261 do when the US Senate challenged him to quit Masonry or lose his chance to become a federal judge?

Did Shriners integrate their hospitals 27 years before integration?

What did George Washington do when his troops discovered a Masonic treasure left behind by the enemy?

How could two different Masons with the same name, who never met, play major roles in the creation of the Scottish Rite and founding of the city of Charlotte?

Who won the duel between President Andrew Jackson and North Carolina's first attorney general, both Masons?

Which blue lodge gave NC eight Grand Masters?

How did Mecklenburg Masons authenticate the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and finally end the 200-year-old claim it was a fraud?

Why do most historians go blank when it comes to documenting the Masonic connections of NC presidents, founding fathers, governors and other great leaders?

What's the story behind 421 lodges that went dark?

What was Duke thinking when it chose a UNC Mason as its president?

How come Zeb Vance was buried three times?

How do we know which Mason incised all those Hez House symbols?

How did President/Brother Polk double the size of the USA?

All the answers are right here in Treasures of North Carolina Masonry.

Suddenly there are no mountains. No piedmont. No sandhills.

Here at this website North Carolina is on one level, just as everyone and everything Masonic is on the level. The superb people, their incredible deeds, these unforgettable events, those remarkable places stand high above the level field of Masonic life. They are reported here for you to remember and respect without any need to compare size, origin, age or popularity.

For ease of reference, subjects appear in alphabetical order of their town names, from Aberdeen to Zebulon.

May this information bring you enlightenment and enjoyment.

Produced by the public relations committee of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Masons in North Carolina,
2921 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27628 MMVIII
Author/editor: Walter J. Klein
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