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Images Of The Past - Masonic Temples

South Dakota State Archives
Yankton Masonic Temple, 1925

In The Moment ... November 12, 2019 Show 698 Hour 2

Most South Dakota towns, no matter the size, has or once had a Masonic Temple. The Freemasons are the oldest fraternal order in the world.

Jeffrey Larson joins In The Moment for Images of the Past and a look at the history of the gathering places in South Dakota along with the men and women who sought to better their communities. Larson is an attorney and Sovereign Grand Inspector of the Scottish Rite Freemasons in South Dakota.

Lori Walsh is the host and senior producer of In the Moment.