2004-03-10 04:00:00 PDT Patchogue, N.Y.-- The initiation rituals at the Masonic lodge here had been bathed in secrecy over the years. The climax of Monday night's ceremony was to be a simple prank. A ...

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. – A man was killed during a Masonic initiation ceremony when another member fired a gun loaded with real bullets instead of the expected blanks and shot him in the face, police said ...

Chest Lid with Masonic Painting (1825–1845) (image courtesy American Folk Art Museum, gift of Kendra and Allan Daniel, all images courtesy the Bullock Texas State History Museum and the American Folk ...

Guns, a guillotine and mechanical rat traps played a regular role in a secret Masonic ritual that turned deadly for a Long Island man, police said yesterday. Initiates to the Fellowcraft Club of the ...

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — A man was killed during a Masonic initiation ceremony when another member fired a gun loaded with real bullets instead of the expected blanks and shot him in the face, police ...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y., March 10 (UPI) -- Members of a New York Masonic lodge grieved Wednesday over the shooting death of a man who was being initiated into the group. William James, 47, was sitting in ...

Palestine-Roxborough Lodge No. 135 turned 200 years old last week. The lodge celebrated with an anniversary banquet on April 6, an event hosted by its president, the Worshipful Master Richard Heath.

Many people grew up either knowing someone who was a member of a community lodge or knew about a lodge that was having a fundraiser or benefit for their town. But what are they doing today? Lodges are ...

Longview Masonic Lodge No. 404 spent time Wednesday evening reviving a ceremony that hadn’t been conducted in East Texas in more than 70 years. The Walk on St. John the Baptist Feast Day honors the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the thousands of people who come to the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple each year, far fewer ever get to a room ...