National Sojourners - Indiana Masonic Home #541

05/21/2026

Memorial Day flag protocol is unique. Find out how to properly display your flag on Memorial Day, plus learn about other great ways to honor veterans on this important patriotic holiday.

05/18/2026

See Us at Annual Communication!

Brethren, the National Sojourners — Indiana Masonic Home Chapter #541 will have a table at the Grand Lodge of Indiana's Annual Communication at the Scottish Rite Cathedral this Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19–20 — and we'd love to see you there!

Stop by, learn more about the National Sojourners, and find out how you can be part of our mission honoring the connection between Freemasonry and American patriotism. We'd love to visit, answer your questions, and welcome some new faces into our ranks.

📍 Scottish Rite Cathedral, Indianapolis
📅 Tuesday & Wednesday — May 19–20

Come find our table, say hello, and let's talk Brotherhood and patriotism. 🤝

For God and Country — For the Craft.

05/17/2026

Hero’s of ‘76!

🇺🇸🔨 Masonic History — May 15th 🔨🇺🇸

Today we remember Brother Joseph Warren — physician, patriot, soldier, and Freemason.

On May 15, 1769, Brother Warren was recorded as Master of St. Andrew’s Lodge in Boston. He would later become one of the great heroes of the American Revolution and a symbol of courage and sacrifice among Freemasons.

Brother Warren is remembered for:
⚔️ Sending Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride
⚔️ Fighting at the Battle of Bunker Hill
⚔️ Refusing to retreat alongside his fellow countrymen

His life reminds us that true Freemasonry is not only about words spoken in Lodge… but about living with honor, integrity, and devotion to something greater than ourselves.

“Among Masons, Joseph Warren represents the union of patriotism and principle.”

SMI

05/17/2026

Just in time for Flag Day, June 14th! Come join is Saturday morning for breakfast and a Historical Flag Presentation at Union Village Masonic Lodge #545 in Bargersville.

05/17/2026

Great addition to the Memorial Weekend! Visit Indiana Freemason Hall on May 30th!

05/15/2026

Our exclusive design for the 25th anniversary of our Chapter with a seller on Etsy. He is having a sale on this shirt until May 31 for all that are interested.

Order soon and you could be wearing these for our very busy Months of June and July and then for our 25 years anniversary!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4503462982/custom-national-sojourners-25th-anniver

05/03/2026

05/01/2026

Six-foot-two and clothed in brown American broadcloth, Washington took the oath of office at Federal Hall in lower Manhattan on April 30, 1789.

In the 18th century the president’s closet was perhaps more important than any other stately room or chamber. And, arguably, no sartorial choice in American history mattered more than the first one: What would Washington wear to his swearing-in ceremony?

Global supply networks and international enmity left Washington in a vulnerable state of undress: he had just fought a bloody war of independence against the very people who were the best weavers in the world. To publicly sever the link with the colonial past, it was vital that the president’s suit be made of American, not English, cloth. But it also was crucial that Washington look good, and American manufacture was in its infancy.

The suit Washington imagined was a double-breasted coat with ten buttons. He selected a brown Connecticut-made broadcloth that looked like velvet. The color itself was a political statement: black and gray and brown were markers of homespun, independent republicanism.

🇺🇸 Read more → https://to.pbs.org/4w6CQeI

🖼️: The Inauguration of Washington (Currier & Ives/Metropolitan Museum of Art)