What is a Lewis?
In Pennsylvania and England, a symbol of strength. Universally, a symbol of the son of a Mason not yet twenty-one years of age; hence the derivation of “strength” since a man’s strength is in his son. Washington was under age when initiated. In North Dakota and Arkansas, a Lewis may apply for membership, but he may not be initiated until he is twenty-one. England initiates a Lewis at eighteen by dispensation; Scotland does it without a dispensation.
