Whatis the Eastern Star?
The Order of the Eastern Star is anadoptive rite of Freemasonry with teachings based on the Bible and objectivesthat are charitable and benevolent. The founder of OES was Dr. Robert Morris, a lawyer and educator from Boston, Massachusetts, who was a Master Mason and Past Grand Master of Kentucky. Dr. Morris intended his creation to become a female branch of Freemasonry, but he failed to overcome the great opposition this idea engendered. Afterhis first published ritual in 1849-50, he became associated with Robert Macoy who wrote and published a ritual based on Morris’ in 1867. The first Grand Chapter was organized in Michigan in the same year. (There is evidence for an organization of the same name founded variously in 1788 or 1793, but this group was defunct by 1867.) Subordinate(local) chapters operate under charter from state level grand chapters which are responsible to the General Grand Chapter at the InternationalEastern Star temple in Washington, D.C. Members must be eighteen ye
