It is Time to Cross the Rubicon & Battle our 20th Century Ruffians" 

Robert G. Davis is a native of northwest Oklahoma. He was initiated, passed, and raised in his father’s Lodge in 1969. After earning a Master’s Degree in Economics at Oklahoma State University, he spent 14 years in the City Planning and City Management profession. In 1986, he was invited to become the Executive Secretary of the Guthrie Scottish Rite Bodies in Guthrie, where he served for 30 years, retiring in 2016. He is the author of four books, including: The Mason’s Words, outlining the history and evolution of the American Masonic ritual; Understanding Manhood in America, focusing on the fraternal quest for the ideals of masculinity; The Journey of the Elu to Enlightenment, providing a contemporary interpretation of the degrees of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite; and In Search of Light, a course of hieroglyphic and symbolic moral instruction for the Symbolic Lodge. He and his wife, Sharon, have two daughters and five grandchildren.

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The Evolution of the Masonic Apron in America, 1740 to the Present

W.B. Patrick Craddock is a noted expert on Masonic aprons and regalia. He has earned a Master of Arts degree and a Master of Philosophy in history degree and is a contributing author to Encyclopedia of Tennessee History, C.Van West, ed., He is a past curator of exhibits at the Carter House Museum in Franklin, TN. W.B. Craddock was Initiated, Passed, and Raised in O.D.Smith Lodge No. 33, Oxford, Mississippi, and is a Charter Member and Past Master of Conlegium Ritus Austeri No. 779, Nashville. Additionally, he is the owner of The Craftsman’s Apron (www.craftsmansapron.com), manufacturer and provider of one of the highest quality Masonic regalia available today. Brother Craddock will address the Brethren on the subject of the Masonic apron and how it has changed over the last 250 years. The presentation features many images of historic American aprons.