A.F. & A. M.

Freemasonry is the leading fraternal  organization in the world. Its origins are lost in the unrecorded  history of medieval times, but it formally organized in London, England,  in 1717. Current worldwide membership totals over 3 million Freemasons,  1.1 million of whom are in North America. 

As a fraternal  organization, Freemasonry unites men of good character who, though of different religious, ethnic or social backgrounds, share a belief in the  fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of mankind.