Brother Harry S. Truman 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: The agent explained that his duty was to protect the President at all times. He was armed. He was responsible for the President’s safety. He could stand quietly in the back. Truman shook his head. 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, and bound by the same trust...
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