by Midnight Freemasons contributor Todd E. Creason ![]() |
Norman Rockwell (1894 - 1978) |
"Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was
showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have
noticed."
—Norman Rockwell
Red Mountain Lodge No. 63, Vermont
Red Mountain Lodge No. 63, Vermont
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When he was twenty-two, he was commissioned to paint his first cover for the Saturday Evening Post. It was an opportunity of a lifetime--Rockwell considered the magazine the "best show window in America." And he was more than happy to paint 321 covers for the magazine over a nearly fifty year period. Some of his best-known works graced the covers of the Saturday Evening Post.
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Bro. Norman Rockwell was a member of Red Mountain Lodge No. 63 F.& A.M., Arlington, Vermont.
~TEC
Todd E. Creason, 33° is the founder of the Midnight Freemasons blog and continues to be a regular contributor. He is the author of several books and novels, including the Famous American Freemasons series. He is member of Homer Lodge No. 199, and a Past Master of Ogden Lodge No. 754 (IL). He is a member the Scottish Rite Valley of Danville, the York Rite Bodies of Champaign/Urbana (IL), the Ansar Shrine (IL), Eastern Illinois Council No. 356 Allied Masonic Degrees, and Charter President of the Illini High Twelve in Champaign-Urbana (IL).
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