LEGION OF HONOR CONFERS MASTER MASON DEGREE
On Tuesday January 5, 2010 the Legion of Honor conferred two Master Mason Degrees at Christiana Lodge #35 in New Castle. It was an all inspiring evening with the degree team compiled from a host of Past Grand Masters and Brothers from all over Delaware. We had quite the audience as well. Almost fifty brothers in all attended this Special Communication.
Benjamin Franklin - American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Author and Free Mason
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Born January 6, 1706 in Boston, Mass. Apprenticed to his brother, James, a printer, when only 12, he left him five years later after disagreements, and settled in Philadelphia. First employed as a printer, he became proprietor of a printing business and published The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1730-48 and gained wide recognition with his Poor Richard's Almanack, 1732-57.


