Famous Freemason - Bro. Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin

The second man, and first Freemason to walk on the moon. Bro. Buzz was initiated at Oak Park Lodge No. 864, in Montgomery, Alabama, on February 17, 1955. He was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft on April 12, 1955 and Raised at Lawrence N. Greenleaf Lodge, No. 169 in Denver, Colorado, on February 21, 1956. He took his York Rite Degrees, Waco Texas May, 1967 and is a member Arabia Shrine Temple, Houston.

The second man, and first Freemason to walk on the moon. Bro. Buzz was initiated at Oak Park Lodge No. 864, in Montgomery, Alabama, on February 17, 1955. He was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft on April 12, 1955, and Raised at Lawrence N. Greenleaf Lodge, No. 169 in Denver, Colorado, on February 21, 1956. He took his York Rite Degrees, Waco Texas in May, 1967 and is a member Arabia Shrine Temple, Houston. n. .

In 1969 Bro. Aldrin was granted special deputation by M.W. J. Guy Smith, Most Worshipful Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas to establish territorial jurisdiction over the moon for the Grand Lodge of Texas. That deputation was carried to the moon by Aldrin on Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969.

Bro. Aldrin has spent his retirement advocating for space travel and punching idiots.