This post is long overdue considering these photos were taken on a very cold, very overcast day up in South Bend a month ago. We flew in for Thanksgiving almost a week early thanks in part to my mom hooking us up with incredible seats which provided an up close an unobstructed view of Irish’s crushing one point loss. The high temperature that day was a balmy 21°, we had our asses and feet on ice, they blew it in the last play, and yet an awesome time was had by all!

A lot of information can be found about the building itself on the official website. However, it isn’t until you are actually inside this enormous, full city block sized building that you can even begin to appreciate all the treasure and history which is contained within – and I was fortunate enough to have a private tour by one of my fellow SR Brothers.

The Cathedral is the largest Masonic building, and considered by many as the finest example of Neo-Gothic architecture, in the United States. The main tower features a 54-bell carillon and rises 212 feet above Indianapolis. It also has a floating ballroom. Other features are patterned ceilings, ornate carved woodwork, and artistic stained-glass windows. The auditorium has 1200 seats, and has been called a beautiful testimony to craftsmanship. It also has a large pipe organ.

Public tours are given from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm during the week by same very knowledgeable Rite members. You can also take a virtual tour – but it is no substitute for the real experience.

This photo was taken by myself this past summer at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Park in Crow Agency, MT. This park memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their way of life. Here in 1876, 263 soldiers and attached personnel of the U.S. Army, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer, met death at the hands of several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne warriors.

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