The Lodge That Would Not Yield
A history of Advance Lodge No. 635 in Astoria, Queens—its founding, endurance through hardship, and the legacy that lives on in the Advance Masonic Temple.
Donald Baxter MacMillan and His Connection to Advance Lodge
A 1915 cornerstone speech and a 1917 letter from explorer Donald B. MacMillan reveal a surprising connection between Advance Lodge No. 635 in Queens, Dr. Kane, and the brig Advance.