Freemasonry

This portrait of President Harry S. Truman painted by Greta Kempton depicts him as the Grand Master of the Masonic state Lodge of Missouri, in 1940.

Former President Harry S. Truman seated, attending a testimonial dinner held by the Square Club for Harold L. Reader in honor of his tenth anniversary as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Missouri. Mr. Truman is shaking hands with Harold L. Reader (standing at left) and an unidentified man. They are in St. Louis at the Pyramid Lodge #180.

Good quality color snapshot of former President Harry S. Truman (right) riding in car beside Frank Land, founder of the Order of De Moley and potentate of the Shrine. They are in Atlantic City, New Jersey. They are wearing Shrine fezes.

President Harry S. Truman (third from the right) meets with a group of Shriners and receives an honorary life membership in the Mahi Temple of Miami. Truman received this while he vacationed in Key West, Florida. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) receives a certificate from members of the Grand Lodge of the Free Ancient and Accepted Masons of Florida. The certificate is a resolution from the group, making President Truman an honorary life member and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. President Truman received this honor while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) receives a certificate from members of the Grand Lodge of the Free Ancient and Accepted Masons of Florida. The certificate is a resolution from the group, making President Truman an honorary life member and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. President Truman received this honor while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman (center in the black, to the left of the man in the light suit) is called upon by the members of the Grand Lodge of Florida Free Ancient and Accepted Masons as he vacations in Key West. The members themselves are unidentified, but they bestowed upon President Truman an honorary life membership and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. From volume 5 of Matt Connelly's scrapbooks.

Artifacts related to President Harry S. Truman's various Masonic activities is on exhibit at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri.

Clarence H. Osthagen, Imperial Potentates Aide of Almas Temple, and an unidentified lady.

Portrait of David Willock Wallace in his Knights Templar uniform.