----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Ross" <ross@eli.org>
To: <msmith@ca5.uscourts.gov>
Cc: <law-lib@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: When Was The Gavel First Used?
>
> By the way, the U.S. Senate gavel is not shaped like a hammer, but is a
just a
> small cylinder without any handle. This may undermine the Hammer of Thor
> origin. As for a possible conspiracy involving Richard Nixon and the
> Freemasons, well....
>
> -Larry Ross
>
Actually, several US Presidents were also Freemasons, from George Washington
(Past Grand Master of Virginia) on down. The most recent was Gerald Ford.
Nixon was not among them. I don't THINK any of the current candidates are,
but I may be wrong.
Bruce Alan Wilson
DiplomAssist Educational Research
Information & Advisory Service
"Bringing the School to the Student"
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