I rememer a time before my initiation when I eagerly scrolled through a list of famous masons. The big names were the ones that intially piqued my interest: Benjamin Franking, George Washington, Winston Churchill, or Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ofcourse these also went along with rumoured celebrities and conspiracy theories, but nevertheless, Freemasonry’s spark was in its people. Those who were Freemason’s were powerful people, and those who were powerful people, quite possibly could be masons. Curiosity got the better of me, and in time, I myself was initiated.

It’s been quite some time since then, more than half a decade, and masonry is slowly fading into the background. Like our phones that need a top of line model to let everyone know that yes, a company can deliver a quality product, freemasonry needs it’s flagship masons.

Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg (creator of Facebook) or Elon Musk (founder of SpaceX) were known freemasons. How would that change masonry’s public perception? Good or bad, they say there’s no such thing as bad press, but a person of that stature could generate the biggest amount of interest in our fraternity in the last 10 years.

But this artcle really isn’t about famous freemasons. We really can’t help who becomes famous and who doesn’t [or can we ;)]. It’s about our masonic presence in the world, and how we are publicly precieved. Times have changed since masonry was revered, and its possible that due to negative conotations, that one could want to keep their membership a secret. However, one of the biggest things I’ve learned being a mason is that you should be proud of who you are, proud of the tradition you are carrying, and proud of the example you are setting for everyone else.

Actually, it’s really fine if freemasonry doesn’t have a flagship mason, as long as the rest of us act like one.