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USA's Masonic Roots:

 

- The Boston Tea Party was planned at the Green Dragon Tavern, also known as the "Freemasons' Arms," and "the Headquarters of the Revolution."

 

- George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States by Robert Livingston, Grand Master of New York's Masonic Lodge. The Bible on which he took his oath was from his own Masonic lodge.

 

Out of 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 9 were definitely Masons (as confirmed by Masonic membership records):

 

William Ellery, RI

Benjamin Franklin, PA

John Hancock, MA

Joseph Hewes, NC

William Hooper, NC

Robert Treat Paine, MA

Richard Stockton, NJ

George Walton, GA

William Whipple, NH

 

And 11 others were rumored to be Masons, but not yet found in Masonic records:

 

Elbridge Gerry, MA

Thomas Jefferson, VA

Richard Henry Lee, VA

Thomas McKean, DE

Robert Morris, PA

Thomas Nelson, Jr., VA

John Penn, NC

Benjamin Rush, PA

Roger Sherman, CT

James Smith, PA

John Witherspoon, NJ

 

Other Masonic figures of the American Revolution:

 

John Adams - Spoke favorably of Freemasonry -- never joined

Ethan Allen - Mason

Edmund Burke - Mason

John Claypoole - Mason

William Daws - Mason

Benjamin Franklin - Mason

John Hancock - Mason

John Paul Jones - Mason

Robert Livingston - Mason

James Madison - Some evidence of Masonic membership

Paul Revere - Mason

Colonel Benjamin Tupper - Mason

George Washington - Mason

Daniel Webster - Some evidence of Masonic connections

 

This flies in the face of idea that this country was founded as a "Christian Nation". Freemasons, Theists and Humanists formed the core of our ideals that are codified in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, not adherence to any "one true faith."

 

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