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97th Annual Assembly of the Philalethes Society  Saturday, February 8th, 2025, 10:30 a.m.  Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel  Arlington, Virginia   The Annual Assembly of the Philalethes Society will be held on Saturday, February 8th, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. The meeting agenda includes annual reports from the Officers and the consideration of all matters which may lawfully come before it. The meeting is open to every Masonic Week attendee. All members of the Philalethes Society in good standing (dues current for 2025) are considered voting members.   Philalethes Society Banquet  Friday, February 7th, 2025, 7:00 p.m.  Hyatt Regency Crystal City...

The esteemed Masonic author W. Kirk MacNulty passed away in Arlington, Virginia, on November 8, 2020. He was the author of several important books on Freemasonry: The Way of the Craftsman, Freemasonry: A Journey Through Ritual and Symbol, Freemasonry: Symbols, Secrets, Significance, and Contemplating Craft Freemasonry: Working the Way of the Craftsman. W. Kirk MacNulty was born in California in 1932. He studied at Stanford University and the University of Tennessee, and had a career in the United States Marine Corps and in corporate information technology. His interest and involvement in Freemasonry spans more than fifty-five years. He received the...

Wallace McLeod was a Mason, a professor of classics, and a passionate researcher, writer and lecturer on all aspects of Freemasonry who applied his considerable intellectual faculties and great erudition to his work on the history of Freemasonry and its symbolism. He was equally adept at writing and lecturing on the management of the Craft. Early in my Masonic career in Canada, I came to know Wallace and to appreciate his tremendous appeal as a speaker and educator. On a personal level, I found that his great warmth, courtesy, and engaging demeanour drew me to him and encouraged me to...