Showing posts with label Benjamin Franklin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benjamin Franklin. Show all posts

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Benjamin Franklin. Kite Experiment. Freemason. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Kite Experiment. Freemason. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
Benjamin Franklin. Kite Experiment. Freemason. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Polymath
Statesman, Diplomat, Writer, Scientist, Inventor
Printer, Publisher and Political Philosopher
Freemason
Right Worshipful Past Grand Master
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

by Travis Simpkins


Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment

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Benjamin Franklin. Kite Experiment. Freemason. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
Benjamin Franklin. Kite Experiment. Freemason. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Monday, July 8, 2024

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait of
Right Worshipful
Raymond T. Dietz
Past Grand Master
(2016 - 2017)
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

Oil on Canvas
by Travis Simpkins


collection of the Masonic Museum & Library of Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:

pagrandlodge.org

and

pamasonictemple.org


R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Sunday, October 1, 2023

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait of
Right Worshipful
Raymond T. Dietz
Past Grand Master
(2016 - 2017)
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

Oil on Canvas
by Travis Simpkins


collection of the Masonic Museum & Library of Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:

pagrandlodge.org

and

pamasonictemple.org


R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
 

Monday, September 11, 2023

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait of
Right Worshipful
Raymond T. Dietz
Past Grand Master
(2016 - 2017)
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

Oil on Canvas
by Travis Simpkins


collection of the Masonic Museum & Library of Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:

pagrandlodge.org

and

pamasonictemple.org


R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
 

Saturday, August 12, 2023

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait of
Right Worshipful
Raymond T. Dietz
Past Grand Master
(2016 - 2017)
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

Oil on Canvas
by Travis Simpkins


collection of the Masonic Museum & Library of Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:

pagrandlodge.org

and

pamasonictemple.org


R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
 

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait of
Right Worshipful
Raymond T. Dietz
Past Grand Master
(2016 - 2017)
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

Oil on Canvas
by Travis Simpkins


collection of the Masonic Museum & Library of Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:

pagrandlodge.org

and

pamasonictemple.org


R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
R.W. Raymond T. Dietz. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
 

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Enjoying a quiet evening with "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" to keep me company.


“Never confuse Motion with Action.” ― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written.

Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them. There are actual breaks in the narrative between the first three parts, but Part Three's narrative continues into Part Four without an authorial break.

In the "Introduction" of the 1916 publication of the Autobiography, editor F. W. Pine wrote that Franklin's biography provided the "most remarkable of all the remarkable histories of our self-made men" with Franklin as the greatest exemplar.

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

R.W. Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Right Worshipful
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins



History of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:


Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Benjamin Franklin gravesite. Christ Church Burial Ground. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin gravesite. Christ Church Burial Ground. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin gravesite. Christ Church Burial Ground. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I paid my respects to Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Franklin gravesite. Christ Church Burial Ground. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin gravesite. Christ Church Burial Ground. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin gravesite. Christ Church Burial Ground. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin gravesite. Christ Church Burial Ground. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 

Saturday, July 10, 2021

R.W. Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Right Worshipful
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins



History of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:


Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

R.W. Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Right Worshipful
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins



History of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:


Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins
Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Friday, November 13, 2020

R.W. Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Right Worshipful
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins



History of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:


Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Friday, December 27, 2019

R.W. Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Right Worshipful
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins



History of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:


Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Friday, November 8, 2019

R.W. Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Right Worshipful
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins



History of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:


Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

R.W. Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Right Worshipful
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins



History of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

For more info, please visit:


Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master of
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins


based on a 1785 painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution


Benjamin Franklin: Freemason


For more info, please visit:


Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master of
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins


based on a 1785 painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution


Benjamin Franklin


For more info, please visit:


Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

New Book "Masonic America" by Dr. Vance Penn Includes Art by Travis Simpkins

Masonic America by Dr. Vance Penn Includes Portraits by Travis Simpkins


     I am pleased that some of my portraits are included in the new book, Masonic America: Architects of a Nation by Dr. Vance Penn. I contributed four images in all: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Buffalo Bill Cody and Charles Lindbergh. Each one accompanies a chapter about that individual. Bro. Penn is based out of Texas and the content of this excellent book formed part of his doctoral dissertation. 


The book is available for purchase through amazon here:



Sunday, August 6, 2017

"Founding Fathers, Secret Societies" by Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.


Founding Fathers, Secret Societies
Freemasons, Illuminati, Rosicrucians 
and the Decoding of the Great Seal
by Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.
Destiny Books, 1989/2006
Notes by Travis Simpkins

     Concise yet detailed, Founding Fathers, Secret Societies by Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. takes an in depth look at one of the more enigmatic emblems of our nation: The Great Seal of the United States. On page 4, Hieronimus writes, "The reverse of the Great Seal is reminding us that the true destiny of America is to spread the transformation of human consciousness beyond our individual country and to the planet, for when 'thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light' (Matthew6:22)." Beginning with the Native American influence on the democratic views of our Founding Fathers, the book then launches into the bulk of the text which illustrates each and every detail of the long process of multiple committees designing the Great Seal… with a particular focus on the symbolism contained within the reverse image of the unfinished pyramid and all-seeing eye. Input by Freemasons is discussed as well as contributions from other sources. In addition to Masonic elements, there are numerous pages devoted to New Age paradigm viewpoints as well. All in all, the book is worth the cover price and makes for an informative 205-page read.



Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.: The Great Tree of Peace

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.: Joseph Brant

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.: George Washington, Freemason

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.: George Washington, Freemason

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.: George Washington, Freemason

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.: Benjamin Franklin, Freemason

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Great Seal of the United States

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Great Seal of the United States

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Great Seal of the United States

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Great Seal of the United States

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Great Seal of the United States

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.  Francis Hopkinson

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. William Barton

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. Charles Thomson

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Great Seal of the United States

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Great Seal of the United States

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. Le Droit Humain

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Eye of Horus

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Great Pyramids

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. The Great Seal of the United States

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies. Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D. George Washington, Freemason