Many of the Masonic Lodges in Mass were founded in Taverns after 1746 when the Grand Lodge was founded.
What could be better than doing some ritual and conspiring against the Crown and then going down stairs and getting hammered. History dictates that was the Massachusetts way, two hundred years ago.
“What could be better than doing some ritual and conspiring against the Crown and then going down stairs and getting hammered. History dictates that was the Massachusetts way, two hundred years ago.”
The only thing would be one of my ancestors hosting the meeting, selling the ale and food.