More Honorable than the Star
Edward II found an order of chivalry modeled on the Knights of the Round Table. The Order of the Garter was dedicated to honor and charity.
Safe Bee Colony Relocation
135 years after the Freemasons erected their stately lodge in Petaluma, builders of another kind — European honeybees — have spent the summer constructing a home of their own amid the hall’s elaborate parapets.
Friendship, the Best of Life’s Treasures
As Freemasonry demonstrates, the best of all life’s treasures is friendship. Our friends, if many and true, can add more to our happiness than all the riches in the world.
The Powerful, Preserving Force of Freemasonry
Masons, men of integrity who have been taught to square their actions and plumb their behavior by truth, have become today a powerful force in human society to preserve and strengthen our nation.
The Washoe House Helped End the Civil War
The towns of Santa Rosa and Petaluma nearly went to battle against each other during the Civil War. After the Santa Rosa Democrat intimated that Lincoln’s assassination may have been a “good event,” Petaluma’s armed troops had even gathered to invade Santa Rosa to burn down the newspaper office there.
