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November 2019
1919 Time Capsule from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital Cornerstone
On October 5, 2019, Alex Vastola assisted M.’.W.’. William Sardone, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York, in the opening of a 1919 time capsule excavated from the cornerstone of…
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Lecture No.10: An Overview of Freemasonry in the Spanish Antilles
This month we are proud to welcome back Brother Jorge Romeu to present his research providing a historic overview of the history of the presence of Grand Lodges in the Spanish Antilles during the 19th century. Freemasonry appeared, first and…
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Livingston Library Lecture No.1 of 2020 Series: “Where Have I Seen These Pictures Before?” George Washington and the 1932 Bicentennial
This month the Livingston Masonic Library is glad to welcome C.F. William Maurer to speak about George Washington and the celebration of the bicentennial of Washington's birth. In addition to touching up the contribution from Brother Sold Bloom who…
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Washington Letter On View For President’s Week!
In conjunction with President's week, we will have the letter written by George Washington to Elkanah Watson & Francois Cassoul thanking them for their gift of a Masonic apron on view until Friday, February 21, 2020.
Find out more »Livingston Library 2020 Lecture Series: Symbols,Trade Cards,Portraits,and Figurines:Case Studies at the Intersection of Freemasonry and the Visual Arts
With the dramatic rise of Freemasonry in the eighteenth century, art played a fundamental role in its practice, rhetoric, and global dissemination, while Freemasonry, in turn, directly influenced developments in art. Professor Wolf’s lecture provides an overview of diverse approaches…
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Livingston Masonic Library Reading Room Closed Beginning 3/16!!
Due to the rapidly changing situation in New York City around novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and as a precaution to protect the health and safety of our staff, the reading room of the Livingston Masonic Library will remain closed until further…
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Virtual Lecture: Freemasonry – The Craft of Self-Actualization, a western path to enlightenment
The Livingston Masonic Library is proud to present W∴ Michael LaRocco for a virtual lecture on the evening of September 15, 2020. Freemasonry is an enigmatic fraternity whose origins are lost in antiquity. Its purpose, however, is something each generation…
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Virtual Lecture: William Wines Phelps: New York Mason, anti-Mason and Mormon
Join us virtually on Thursday, October 29th for a lecture presented by Author Michael W. Homer, exploring the life of William Wine Phelps a Mason who would later condemn Freemasonry and become one of the predominant voices in the 19th…
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Virtual Lecture: “The Crane-Balestier Letters: Holland Lodge in the Age of Schisms”
Before the Civil War, Freemasonry in New York suffered from forty years of conflict during which various rival groups claimed jurisdiction over the Craft. During this Age of Schisms, Holland Lodge No. 8 took the unusual course of declaring independence…
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Virtual Lecture: Salon de La Rose (Lecture, Art, and Music event)
(Original Artwork by, Milosz Jeziorski) OPENING ACT: In Search of The Golden Fleece: The Warrior Philosopher¹s Path To Immortality. Lecture by Tony Crisos A short lecture on the history and philosophical value of the Golden Fleece through existing literature and…
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