Fraternities in Early America: Facts & Fiction of Freemasonry - $5 @ door

217 17th Street,Rock Island IL 61201

18 February, 2023

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Instructor: Eric Friedman Were so-called "secret societies" an influence on the colonization of the "New World"? Was the whole foundation of the United States an exercise in Rosicrucian utopia? Which ideals of the Illuminati were shared by the Founding Fathers? Were the Sons of Liberty recruited from a Boston Masonic lodge? These are some of the many valid questions regarding the ideals that helped to shape early American concepts of Liberty. Some popular conspiracy theories will be discussed; most are fantasy, but some seem validated by the evidence.