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...
Brother Edward Jenner May 17th 1749 – January 26th 1823 Member of: Faith and Friendship, #270 Berkeley, England English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world’s first vaccine. He is often called “the father of...
Brother William Mayo June 29th 1861 – July 28th 1939 Member of: Rochester Lodge #21, Rochester Minnesota Physician and surgeon in the United States and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic. He and his brother, Charles Horace Mayo, both joined their...
Brother Eli Whitney December 8th 1765 – January 8th 1825 American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. Whitney’s invention made upland...
Brother William Burt June 13th 1792 – August 18th 1858 Member of: Stony Creek Lodge #5 Rochester, Michigan American inventor, legislator, surveyor, and millwright. He was the inventor, maker and patentee of the first typewriter constructed in America. He is referred...
