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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2922923, member: 301"]<font size="5"><b>Eastern Star</b></font></p><p style="text-align: right"><img src="https://cemeteries.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/eastern_star.jpg?w=253&h=231" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The Order of the Eastern Star (OES) is a female companion organization to Freemasonry. Men who are Master Masons may also join. Their primary symbol in cemeteries is a five pointed star with a tip pointing down, representing the Star of Bethlehem. In the example at right the letters are FATAL, which stand for Fairest Among Ten-thousand, Altogether Lovely.</p><p><br /></p><p>Photo: from the gravestone of Fred M. Moore (1878-1949) and Maria A. Moore (1879-1933), Littleton Cemetery, Littleton, Colorado</p><p><br /></p><p>In the example below each symbol within the star is an emblem for the Biblical heroines Adah, Ruth, Esther, Martha and Electa, whose stories inspire character building lessons.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cemeteries.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/eastern_star_symbols.jpg?w=440&h=337" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>just sayin.....since i can't make heads or tails of the...' A ' ...??? on the back..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2922923, member: 301"][SIZE=5][B]Eastern Star[/B][/SIZE] [RIGHT][IMG]https://cemeteries.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/eastern_star.jpg?w=253&h=231[/IMG][/RIGHT]The Order of the Eastern Star (OES) is a female companion organization to Freemasonry. Men who are Master Masons may also join. Their primary symbol in cemeteries is a five pointed star with a tip pointing down, representing the Star of Bethlehem. In the example at right the letters are FATAL, which stand for Fairest Among Ten-thousand, Altogether Lovely. Photo: from the gravestone of Fred M. Moore (1878-1949) and Maria A. Moore (1879-1933), Littleton Cemetery, Littleton, Colorado In the example below each symbol within the star is an emblem for the Biblical heroines Adah, Ruth, Esther, Martha and Electa, whose stories inspire character building lessons. [IMG]https://cemeteries.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/eastern_star_symbols.jpg?w=440&h=337[/IMG] just sayin.....since i can't make heads or tails of the...' A ' ...??? on the back..[/QUOTE]
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