(by Corray Murray, Hillsdale Daily News, illustration: 33rd degree cap – BricksMasons Shop, August 27, 2021)
Hillsdale native Andrew Martin has been elected to receive one of the highest honors in Scottish Rite Freemasonry, the 33rd degree. The degree will be conferred on August 31st in Cleveland, Ohio.
The thirty-third degree is an honorary award bestowed upon Scottish Rite Freemasons who have made major contributions to society or Freemasonry. In the United States approximately 100 Freemasons are awarded the 33rd degree annually, joining past award recipients such as President Harry Truman, Michigan Supreme Court Justice…
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