(by Steve Brandy, VCF, September 13, 2022)
If you have ever wanted to learn more about Freemasonry and the Masons, Saturday September 17th is your chance to do that. The members of Olive Branch Lodge No. 38 and the Valley of Danville 32° Masons invite everyone to three events open to the public in downtown Danville that day.
The day will begin at 10:00 am as Olive Branch 38 meets at Temple Plaza to hold its Founders’ Day Celebration. This celebration is open to all and will include presentations on the history of the lodge and, particularly, on the lives of three notable Danville Masons, depicted in the Plaza sculpture– longtime Congressman and Speaker of the U.S. House, Joseph G. “Uncle Joe” Cannon; Danville’s first Mayor, Jasper C. Winslow; and William Perkins Black, who was the lead attorney for the Haymarket defendants and who with his brother, John Charles Black, were…
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