Among the most interesting and yet least understood fraternal orders in America is the Shriners. Founded in 1871 by a group of masons in New York City, the group is probably best known for the red fez ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Castle Rock man accused of stealing more than $1.5 million from two nonprofit organizations pocketed at least $90,000 earmarked for Shriners Hospitals ...
The Summerville Masonic Lodge No. 234 recently donated $2,000 to three area nonprofits. The money was raised through its 20th annual “Smoke at the Lodge BBQ Competition” in April. Keys to Change, the ...
To outsiders, the Shriners are generally known for the tasseled fezzes they wear on their heads and the figure eights their cycle patrols perform at parades. Rochester will be getting a closer look at ...
The Imperial Potentate of Shriners International is the highest position one can attain in the fraternal order that numbers 200,000 people across nine countries, and Buford resident Richard Burke ...
When Ervin Kotowski was installed recently as grand knight of Milwaukee’s largest Knights of Columbus Council, he got a telegram of congratulations from Circuit Judge Claire Voss, imperial potentate ...
It may come as a disappointment to some that there are no subterranean pens holding goats to be offered in ritualistic sacrifice. No torture chambers for intruders or revealers of secrets. No dragons.