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09/10/2026

We’ll be playing “Jolene” at an inappropriate volume all weekend. 💔 🇺🇸

09/10/2026

He was a Shriner

🔹 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY — SEPTEMBER 9 🔹

On September 9, 1890, Brother Harland David “Colonel” Sanders was born in Henryville, Indiana.

Most of us know him as the unmistakable face behind Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), but there was much more to Brother Sanders than his famous white suit, black string tie, and bucket of fried chicken.

Sanders held a number of jobs throughout his early life, including steam engine stoker, insurance salesman, and filling station operator. During the Great Depression, he began selling his now-famous fried chicken from a roadside restaurant in North Corbin, Kentucky.

His business eventually grew into one of the world’s most recognizable restaurant franchises. The first KFC franchise opened in Utah in 1952, and the company expanded rapidly throughout the United States and eventually around the world. In 1964, Sanders sold the company to a group of investors for $2 million.

But perhaps one of the lesser-known parts of his story is his Masonic journey.

Brother Sanders was a Freemason, a 33° Scottish Rite Mason, and a Shriner. Even after achieving tremendous business success, his Masonic affiliation remained an important part of his life and legacy.

He was laid to rest in his characteristic white suit and black western string tie at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. The Masonic and Scottish Rite symbolism found on his memorial serves as a lasting reminder that behind one of America’s most recognizable business figures was also a Brother of the Craft.

His story is an interesting reminder that our Brothers come from every walk of life. Some become soldiers, some craftsmen, some businessmen, some community leaders but regardless of our profession or station in life, we meet upon the level.

Today, Smithfield Masonic Lodge #182 remembers Brother Harland “Colonel” Sanders on the anniversary of his birth.

⚒️ Happy Birthday in Heaven, Brother Sanders.

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”

08/29/2026

08/29/2026

08/22/2026

RIP Doug

08/09/2026

Bad news

Hamed Mohammed Alsaidi, an ILLEGAL from Jordan, gets arrested with eight Molotov cocktails and notes pointing to a mosque.

So what did Illinois do?

Thanks to JB Pritzker’s SAFE-T Act, a judge slapped a plastic ankle monitor on a LITERAL TERRORIST and let him walk right out the door.

What the heck are we doing!?

We need to reform the SAFE-T Act, rein in activist judges, and hand lunatics like this over for deportation.

People shouldn’t have to get hurt or killed before we fix this.

08/09/2026

Nice idea

07/28/2026

Please sign the petition

Stop the BUILD Plan

06/09/2026

Monthly holster draw club.

04/04/2026

Banning a product because gangsters engineer an illegal method to make it illegal. Why not enforce the laws against the gangsters?

🚨 LEGISLATIVE ALERT for Gun Owners! Pritzker’s HB-4471 the “Glock Ban” targets YOU, not criminals.

They won’t follow it, but you know Pritzker will enforce it on YOU!
Sign the petition to tell the legislature HECK NO on HB-4471!