FINAL WARNING: The Birth of Tyranny
signers of the Declaration of Independence were also members of the
Fredericksburg Lodge. Actually, 51 of the 56 signers were believed to
be Masons; however, only 8 were known to be members, while another
24 were suspected of being members.It is also believed that 8 to 10 signers of the Articles of Confederation
were Masons. There were 9 Masons that signed the Constitution, while
6 others later became members. Other sources have used the figure of
13, while some have said there were as many as 28 members who
signed the Constitution.Because of the disagreement between various books and on-line
sources, representing Masonic and non-Masonic sources, it’s easy to
see how erroneous information becomes perpetuated as fact and truth.
If the Masons can’t even nail down the specifics of their own history,
then the only thing we can hope to do, is to produce as accurate of a
picture as possible, based on the facts.Among the ranks of the Masons were: Patrick Henry (not all Masonic
researchers agree on this), John Hancock, Paul Revere, John Paul
Jones, Alexander Hamilton, Benedict Arnold, John Marshall, Samuel
Adams, Anthony Wayne, Francis Marion (‘The Swamp Fox’) and Ethan
Allen. In the military, 24 of Washington’s Major Generals, and 30 of his
33 Brigadier Generals were Masons (another fact that Masonic
researchers do not agree on).It was actually the Masons who instigated and carried out the
American Revolution. The secrecy of the Masonic lodges allowed the
Colonial patriots to meet and discuss strategy. It was commonly
believed that the reason for the Revolution was “taxation without
representation,” when actually it was because the Parliament in the
1760’s passed a law that no colony could issue its own money. The
colonies had to issue bonds, and sell them to the Bank, who would
then loan them money. This forced the colonies to pay interest on their
money. The Revolution was ignited by the Boston Tea Party, which
was planned during a dinner at the Bradlee home. The participants
were from the St. Andrew Lodge in Boston, who dressed up as
Mohawk Indians, and went aboard the Dartmouth, which was anchored
in the harbor, and dumped its load of tea overboard. The British
government responded by closing the port, and sending in British