Bluffton Lodge No 145 F&AM

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Bluffton Lodge No 145 F&AM is a Masonic Blue Lodge located in Bluffton IN.

Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that traces its origins to the loose organization of medieval Stonemasonry.[1] Early organizational forms included "lodges," incorporations, and craft guilds.[2] Early Freemasonry based on craft labour is known as Operative Freemasonry, while the modern, more philosophical form of Freemasonry is known as Speculative Freemasonry

10/26/2026

10/20/2026

Greetings all: Octobers Education night will be on Tuesday October 27th at 6:30 pm. We will be discussing the Opening and Closing Charges as well as several other Optional Masonic Topics. This is open to all Brothers EA and above. On November 24th we will be looking into the importance of the Masonic Festive Board and Table Lodge as we get Ready for the Feast of Saint John in December (Bring your Firing Glass)

10/20/2026

📚 A book can be old and still be too late to prove a historical claim.

Imagine discovering an account written in 1820 describing something supposedly happening in 1720. It might be useful evidence — but it isn't the same thing as discovering a document produced in 1720. That distinction is crucial in Masonic history.

Later writers may have been working from documents that no longer survive. But they could also have been repeating traditions, interpreting earlier stories through the assumptions of their own period or simply getting things wrong.

So historians ask:
When was the account written?
Where did the writer get their information?
Can their claims be corroborated by contemporary evidence?

This is why dating a source is about much more than putting it into chronological order.

It helps determine what that source can actually prove.

MAGI's archive brings together historians and researchers who apply this kind of scrutiny to questions surrounding Freemasonry rather than simply repeating the most familiar version of the story.

🎧 Continue exploring the evidence with us on Patreon:

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10/20/2026

🤔 When we study Masonic history, are we sometimes too focused on the famous names? George Washington. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Benjamin Franklin.

Their connections to Freemasonry are well known and understandably attract considerable historical interest.
But focusing primarily on prominent individuals can leave us with an incomplete picture of the Craft's past.

What about the merchants, craftsmen, soldiers, teachers and ordinary lodge members whose names rarely appear in popular histories? Their experiences can help historians understand how Freemasonry functioned within communities, how it spread and what membership meant to different people.

There is also the question of whose experiences have traditionally received less attention. Research into Prince Hall Freemasonry, for example, opens up wider discussions about African American identity, abolitionism, community organisation and political thought.

This is something explored in MAGI's work featuring Dr Chernoh M. Sesay Jr., whose scholarship examines the historical significance of early African American Freemasonry. It raises an interesting question for our community:
If we want a more complete understanding of Masonic history, whose stories should researchers be spending more time investigating?

We'd be interested to hear your thoughts in the comments.

🎧 For deeper discussions of Masonic history, including research into African American Freemasonry, explore the MAGI Patreon archive.

https://www.patreon.com/c/MAGIAcademics

10/02/2026

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Address

211 W Cherry Street
Bluffton, IN
46714

Telephone

+12608242524

Website

http://blufftonlodge145.com/

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