Ancient St John's No 3 in Kingston
After attending the Orientation session in Cambridge and then driving to North Carolina for a week's vacation with the family in late July, it was a pleasure to attend a formal dinner and celebrate the 225th anniversary of Ancient St John's Lodge No 3 along with (pictured) the Grand Master, the Grand Director of Ceremonies and Grand Junior Warden, as well as my wife, and many Masons and their guests from aross Ontario and Quebec, on August 9. The following morning there was a tour of the new lodge building in Kingston, which also included viewing a number of unique historical documents and various portraits - not to mention the GSW regalia of Sir John A Macdonald, and other related artefacts. WBro Dr. Lewis F. Riggs writes, in an article which was published in The Skirret: One of the greatest men in Canadian history, Sir John MacDonald, more than any other person was responsible for the Confederation of the provinces in 1867 to form the Dominion of Canada, as the nati...