A Few Famous Freemasons
George Washington
George Washington’s Masonic life began in 1752 when he was initiated at the Fredericksburg, Virginia Lodge at just twenty years old. He became a Master Mason the following year. In 1788 he was elected to serve as the first Master of the Lodge in Alexandria, Virginia. The following year, he was elected as the first president of the United States, thus becoming the first of many Freemasons to hold that office.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was initiated into Masonry in 1731 at St. John’s Lodge in Philadelphia, and was elected Grand Master just a few short years later in 1735.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was initiated into Austrian Freemasonry on December 14th, 1784 in the Vienna Lodge ‘Zur Wohltatigkeit’ at the age of 28. Mozart remained active in the Craft until he passed away in 1791.
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin was first initiated into the fraternity at Oak Park Lodge No. 864 in Alabama, and raised to the Master Mason degree at Lawrence N. Greenleaf Lodge No. 169 in Colorado. For his journey to the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission, the Grand Master of Texas approved the establishment of an appendant body of the Grand Lodge of Texas on the Moon, now known as Tranquility Lodge No. 2000.
