Presidential Visit

ID: 3015 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of Karem Shriners, Waco, TX.
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Presidential Visit

President Harry S. Truman, member of the Ararat Shrine, visited with the Karem Shrine while in Waco in March 1947. During his time in the city, he also spoke at Baylor University’s Waco Hall and ate at the Elite Café.

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By Allie R. Lopez
Prior to the construction of the Grand Lodge of Texas, a freemason-affiliated organization known as the Karem Shriners built the grandiose Karem Shrine Temple at Seventh and Washington. Substantial in size and embellished with Masonic emblems, the…