"Freemasonry offers a system or blueprint for the good man to further improve his character and actions through its system of degrees, symbols, and fellowship opportunities," says the Ohio-based ...

After a little search we discovered that the symbol is for the Freemasons. We now believe our dad was a secret Freemason and wondered if his mysterious golden ring is worth a fortune.

“Mystery & Benevolence” is a collection of objects used for decades by the two organizations in their ritualized, often secret, practices. On display are scythes and skulls, costumes and banners, ...

worn "because of the supposed evolution of freemasonry from stonemasons", and symbols depicting masonry tools, such as the square, the compass, as well as the famous all-seeing Eye of Providence.

Workers were divided into three classes, which became the foundation of Freemasonry's three degrees: student, apprentice and master. Masons have secret symbols, words and gestures, which help ...