20th of August, an important Masonic date in Brazil
By Alice Marc, Wednesday 26 August 2009 at 23:29 :: Brazil
In 1822 the Lodge Comércio e Artes in Rio de Janeiro initiated D. Pedro I, who was then raised to Master Mason.
The independence of Brazil from Portugal was requested to Prince Don Pedro, future Don Pedro I and officialy decided in a masonic session on 20th August 1822. This date is dedicated to the Brazilian Mason.
Field Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, initiated in the Lodge "Rocha Negra" in São Gabriel, State of Rio Grande do Sul, proclaimed the Republic in Brazil on 15th November 1889.
