American Freemasons is published by the National Heritage Museum in cooperation with New York University Press. The 280-page book includes 200 full-color illustrations, many drawn from the Museum's extensive permanent collections of artifacts, archival material, and fine art related to Masonic and fraternal history. The book retails for $29.95 and appeared in bookstores in May. It will also be available in the Museum's Heritage Shop. Mark Tabbert holds a B.A. in History from Allegheny College (1986), an M.A. in American History and Museum Studies from Duquesne University (1996), and is a Past Master of Mystic Valley Masonic Lodge, Arlington, Massachusetts. He was born and raised in Iowa. The National Heritage Museum is dedicated to presenting exhibitions on a wide variety of topics in American history and popular culture. The Museum is supported by the Scottish Rite Freemasons in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States. The Museum is located at 33 Marrett Road in Lexington, Massachusetts, at the corner of Route 2A and Massachusetts Avenue. For more information, visit our web site at www.monh.org or call (781) 861-6559. Digital color images of the book are available. Please contact Linda Patch at (781) 8626541 or Lpatch@sprynet.com.
Pennsylvania Couple Receive Grand Encampment Awards According to Sir Knight Charles A. Games, HP.D.C. and Chairman, the Committee on Public Relations, Grand Encampment: "It was a very unusual occasion at the 152nd Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania in Erie, Pennsylvania, on May 24, 2005, when Sir Knight David M. Clawson, P.C. of Tancred Commandery No. 48, Wexford, received the Knight Commander of the Temple Award and his wife Shirley received the Companion of the Temple Award at the same time. It is very unusual for a husband and wife to both receive the awards at the same time!"
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