Ashley Chapter DeMolay

Brother Carter Ross, a Senior DeMolay from CE Hendricks Chapter in Tennessee, was one of five US Marines missing after a tragic accident several days ago. On December 11, the US Navy declared the five to be deceased. Our prayers are with their families, friends, and DeMolay Tennessee.

Rest in Peace Mr. Tidball.

Friday the 13th Connection to DeMolay:
Records of the superstition are rarely found before the 20th century, when it became extremely common. The connection between the Friday the 13th superstition and the Knights Templar was popularized in Dan Brown's 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and in John J. Robinson's 1989 work Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry. On Friday, 13 October 1307, hundreds of the Knights Templar were arrested in France, an action apparently motivated financially and undertaken by the efficient royal bureaucracy to increase the prestige of the crown. Philip IV was the force behind this ruthless move, but it has also tarnished the historical reputation of Clement V. From the very day of Clement V's coronation, the king falsely charged the Templars with heresy, immorality and abuses, and the scruples of the Pope were compromised by a growing sense that the burgeoning French State might not wait for the Church, but would proceed independently.