Brother Matthew Webb January 19th 1848 – July 24th 1883 Member of: Neptune Lodge # 22 St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada The first recorded person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids for sport purpose. On 25 August 1875, Webb swam from...
Brother Davy Crockett August 17th 1786 – March 6th 1836 American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet “King of the Wild Frontier”. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of...
Brother William Wentworth August 13th 1790 – March 20th 1872 Australian explorer, journalist, politician and author, and one of the leading figures of early colonial New South Wales. He was the first native-born Australian to achieve a reputation overseas, and a...
Brother Francis Light 1740 –October 25th 1794 Initiated into Freemasonry in India Brought Freemasonry to Malaysia in 1786 Founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital George Town in 1786. The multicultural colony of Penang became...
Brother Charles Lindbergh February 4th 1902 – August 26th 1974 Member of: Keystone Lodge #243 St. Louis Missouri After his historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean, Charles Lindbergh gave this gavel to Keystone Lodge #243. The gavel is made from the wood propeller of...
