Green Level Masonic Lodge #277, Cary, NC

05/21/2026

Officers and Brothers of Green Level Masonic Lodge travelled to State College Lodge #770 last night to capture the Travelling Gavel!

05/17/2026

Congratulations to all the winners, and good job to all for supporting the kiddos!

05/16/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 Cooking Team:
WB Todd Hux
WB Scott Cook
WB Rick Morrison
WB John Wilhelm
WB Chuck Houston
WB Joel Bond

1st Place Turkey, 1st Place Sauce, And Overall Grand Champion 🏆!

05/14/2026

Our thoughts and prayers are with Ben, His family, and everyone feeling the loss of Brother Hart.

It is with a heavy and broken heart that we announce the passing of owner Jerry B Hart . Jerry has laid his working tools down and he is with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Hart family would like to thank all of you for your thoughts, prayers, meals and outpouring of love over the past few months. We will keep everyone posted about services once they are made.

If you have a memory or picture of Jerry that you would like to share we would love to hear and see them.

04/21/2026

A great night of visiting the Apex Masonic Lodge #584 Brothers to capture their Barnstorming Gavel.

04/03/2026

Mark your calendars and come support your North Carolina Masons!

Mark your calendars for the Carolina Pig Jig taking place on Saturday, May 16th, at the Got to Be NC Festival! 🐷🎉

Starting at 11 a.m., come out to support the competing teams and cast your vote for the best barbeque. Tickets are available at the door for $20 (adults 11+), or $10 (children 5-10). Kids five and under are free. See you there!

02/13/2026

On Friday, October 13, 1307, the Knights Templar were arrested under orders of King Philip IV of France. Accused of crimes widely believed to be false, many were imprisoned, tortured, and executed. Their wealth was seized. Their reputation attacked. Their brotherhood tested under fire.

History shows this was less about heresy… and more about power and debt.

But here’s what stands the test of time:

The Knights Templar became a symbol of loyalty under persecution. Faith under pressure. Honor unto death.

Centuries later, Freemasonry carries forward those same timeless principles — not as a continuation of medieval warfare, but as a continuation of moral warfare:

• Truth over tyranny
• Brotherhood over division
• Light over darkness

Freemasons do not claim to be the medieval Templars. But in our York Rite Commanderies and in our teachings, the Templar story lives on as an allegory of steadfastness and virtue.

Friday the 13th isn’t about bad luck.

It’s about remembering men who stood firm in their obligations when the world turned against them.

Loyalty. Sacrifice. Brotherhood.

Presented by
The Two Burning Tapers Podcast

01/20/2026

While serving as President of the United States, Brother Harry S. Truman remained an active Mason. On one occasion, he attended a Masonic meeting accompanied—as required—by a Secret Service agent.

As Truman approached the lodge room, the agent moved to follow him inside.

Truman stopped.

He turned to the agent and said, calmly but firmly:

“You can’t come in there with me.”

The agent explained that his duty was to protect the President at all times. He was armed. He was responsible. He could stand quietly in the back.

Truman shook his head.

“Inside that room, I am not the President.
And you are not my guard.
In there, all men meet on the level.”

He instructed the agent to wait outside.

The meeting proceeded as any other lodge meeting would. Truman sat not as Commander in Chief, but as a Brother—under the same obligations, governed by the same rules, bound by the same trust as every man present.

Brethren, that moment tells us something essential.

Truman understood that the lodge room is one of the few places in the world where rank is checked at the door. No office outranks obligation. No authority overrides equality. Even the most powerful man in the nation does not stand above the Craft.

What’s more remarkable is this:
Truman did not view that restriction as a risk.
He viewed it as a sacred boundary.

The trust he placed in the lodge was greater than the fear he carried from the outside world.

That is faith in Masonry.

It also reminds us of our responsibility. If a President could lay aside power, protection, and title to sit among Brothers as an equal—then the sanctity of this room depends on us honoring that trust.

So the lesson here isn’t about Harry Truman being humble.

It’s about Harry Truman being obedient to his obligation.

The lodge room only remains special as long as we protect what it represents:
• Equality over status
• Trust over fear
• Brotherhood over authority

Brethren, when we enter this room, we all leave something behind.
For Truman, it was the Presidency.
For us, it should be our pride.

01/15/2026

01/04/2026

From the Brethren of Green Level Masonic Lodge #277, Cary, NC , Happy New Year!