Saturday, November 12, 2011

Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Great Italian Liberator, was Grand Master of Italy who also held the title of "First Italian Freemason." During World War II, Italy's tyrannical dictator Benito Mussolini removed all Masonic references from the great monument to Brother Garibaldi in Rome, replacing them with Fascist symbols.  After the war, authorities replaced the propaganda on the monument with the original Masonic pieces.

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