text: Fourteen US Presidents were members of the Masonic Fraternity.  This includes Lyndon Johnson who did not advance beyond the First Degree.  William Clinton, a member of the Masonic Youth Group "Demolay" has not yet petitioned a lodge.  The teams of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush have not yet petitioned a lodge.  Perhaps you are confusing their fraternal membership with the Skull and Bones Society at Yale where they are both members.  This society is not related to the Freemasons.\n\nMany of our founding fathers were Freemasons; including Generals on Brother Washington's Staff and a number of signers of the Declaration of Independence.  In fact most of the patriotic and god fearing citizens of our county have been and still are Freemasons.  If you check you will find that the most respected members of your community are Freemasons and Shriners.  Remember every Shriner you see in a parade, raising money for crippled children is a Freemason.