DID YOU KNOW?
The Effigies on the tombs of the ancient Knights
Templars are
Always represented with the legs crossed, in allusion to there
Character as Knights of the Cross, consequently in the sixteenth
Century, when some Knights Templars joined Masonic Lodges in
Scotland, they were referred to as Cross-legged Masons
The Knights of the Sepulcher was founded in 302
AD by the
Daughter of King Coylus of Great Britain after as it is said
The successful search for the Cross and Sepulcher of Christ
Among the duties of the Knights were to
Feed the hungry and clothe the naked
After defeating the Saracens in a battle of the
River
Offanto in 1367, the victorious Knights of Maltas reward
Was to be Affranchised in all parts of the
Mediterranean Coasts, this is to say they had permission to
Pass or repass wherever and whenever pleased.
That there are over 100,000 Master Masons in Ohio
that
Are not members of the York Rite of Freemasonry?
100,000 Masons that dont know the Long lost secret of a Master Mason
100,000 Masons have never met Hiram Abif
100, 000 Masons have never seen the splendor of the Order of the Temple
That my Father, Sir Knight Walter E.
Smith is the Honoree of the
2001 York Rite Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio.