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(Continued from page 48)1922. Since then, more than $38 million dollars has been loaned to 80,000 students to complete their last twoyears of college. This financial assistance is given without regard to race, color, creed, age or Masonic affiliation.The Knights Templar Educational Foundation Committee considers all applications for scholarship withoutregard to age, race, religion, and National origin, gender, of Masonic ties or affiliations. These scholarshipsare not "grants in aid", but are open to all students regardless of their financial circumstances as long as theymeet the requirements established by the committee. Financial aid to students who meet the requiredqualification may vary from state to state. An application form may be found on this website.The Knights Templar Holy Land PilgrimageIn addition to the many religious observances throughout the year, The Grand Encampment ofKnights Templar sponsors an annual "Holy Land Pilgrimage". The purpose of the pilgrimage isto send a Christian Minister to The Holy Land. Masonic membership is not required and theMinister can be male or female.INFORMATION on 2009 Pilgrimage.My friends and brothers, this concludes our 13 month travel, which begin with the birth of Speculative Masonryin England on to America, the Revolutionary War Period and the beginning of American Freemasonryand the York Rite in particular. All in all this presentation included some 16,000 words, very few on them weremy own, since there is a multitude of outstanding books and articles written on the subject . These are availableto you and I strongly recommend joining a Research Lodge, particularly, The Quatuor Coronati LodgeNo. 2076, London, England and the Missouri Lodge of Research, or your own Grand Lodge may have one.Just go to Google and check them out.I hope you will consider furthering your education by petitioning the Chapter, Council and Commandery.There you will surely find new adventures, new-found friends and a vast wealth of knowledge, so why wait?I would like to thank Brother Cory Sigler, Editor of The Working Tools Magazine, for his confidence in me andhis friendship. Also, I was most fortunate to have as my principle proof-reader, Mrs. Henrietta Connor, EnglishTeacher Emeritus, who would monthly take pencil-in-hand and strike fear into long and senseless sentences.(This is such an example.) I thank them and especially, you, the reader, who is always the final determiner.Maybe we shall see each other around the Masonic circle. Until then, may you always travel well.Bill Price, Mason.49 ON THE WEB AT WWW.TWTMAG.COM 49