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To: JmyBryan

The pirates and the Founding Fathers do have a lot in common. Whether it is common knowledge or not, many of the Founders were Freemasons, and so were the pirates. The common symbol of pirates, the skull and crossbones flag was, and still is a Masonic symbol.


13 posted on 06/28/2006 11:17:10 PM PDT by b3arsfan
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To: b3arsfan
The pirates and the Founding Fathers do have a lot in common. Whether it is common knowledge or not, many of the Founders were Freemasons, and so were the pirates. The common symbol of pirates, the skull and crossbones flag was, and still is a Masonic symbol.

That's a steaming pile.
19 posted on 06/29/2006 2:06:32 AM PDT by Jaysun (I'm from a little place called Smithereens. It ain't pretty out here.)
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