Symposiums
Registration Information
Our Fall Symposium will be held Saturday, October 25, 2025. This Symposium will be held at the Freemasons Cultural Center at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown.
This event is open to Freemasons (including Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts), their significant others, and their guests.
Dress for the day is business formal (jacket and tie for men, dress or business suit for ladies.)
Please recognize that a cost is incurred to the program for your registration. If you pre-register and subsequently determine that you will be unable to attend, please have the Masonic courtesy to cancel your reservation by the same method and providing the same information.
Schedule for the day:
8:00 AM – Registration Opens
9:00 AM – Opening Ceremonies
9:20 AM – Presentation by Moises Gomez
10:20 AM – Break
10:30 AM – Presentation by Bill Hamilton
11:45 AM – Break for Lunch
1:00 PM – Reconvene
1:00 PM – Question & Answer Session with Speakers
2:00 PM – Adjournment of Session
Lunch ($20) will be served at noon and the program will be completed by 2:00 p.m. All Masons are welcome to attend. Dress is coat and tie.
A livestream link will be made available closer to the event.
Speaker Information
Bro. Moises Gomez
Topic TBA Announced
Brother Gomez is a Past Master of the Atlas Pythagoras Lodge in Westfield, New Jersey and amongst other Masonic accolades, is presently a Past Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey.
Bro. Billy Hamilton
The Order of Ishmael
Billy Hamilton is an author and Masonic researcher based in the United States. He is a Past Master of both Texas Lodge of Research and Fort Worth Lodge No. 148.
Bro. Hamilton has been published in the Journal of the Masonic Society, Knight Templar Magazine, Fraternal Review,Transactions of Texas Lodge of Research, and Ad Lucem. His first book,”Ancient Mysteries and Modern Masonry,” was published in 2023 and isa collection of previously unpublished essays and private papers written byJewel P. Lightfoot, Attorney General of Texas (1910–1912) and Grand Master ofTexas in 1915.
Billy has delivered presentations across the UnitedStates, covering various Masonic history and education topics. Notable among these is Masonic Week in Washington, D.C., where he was the featured speaker at events in both 2024 and 2025.
Upcoming Academy Dates
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Saturday, April 25, 2026 (In conjunction with the Grand Lodge’s America 250 Celebration in Philadelphia)
Saturday, October 17, 2026
