The Grand Lodge was organized in Monrovia in 1867 and formally established on September 22 of that year by three subordinate lodges: Oriental Lodge No. 1 in Monrovia, St. Paul's Lodge No. 2 in Clay-Ashland, and St. John's Lodge No. 3 in Monrovia. Thomas Amos served as its first Grand Master.

Expansion and political influence

By the 1970s there were 17 subordinate lodges and the majority of Liberia's high-ranking officials were Masons. Matters of state were widely believed to have been decided from within the lodges. Being a

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