order of knights founded in 1119 to protect Christian pilgrims on Copyright 1996-2015 National Geographic Society, Copyright 2015-2023 National Geographic Partners, LLC. Historians just call it the United States. It's become a bona fide recipe for success: Invent an old-fashioned treasure hunt, fill it with conspiracies and secret codes, and set it against a backdrop of real history. backdrop of real history. this kind of symbol. The Intrepid was decommissioned in 1947, recommissioned in 1954, and in between standard peacetime deployments, was used by NASA to recover various space capsules, including Gus Grissom and John Young's Gemini 3 capsule in March 1965. Whether they found Solomon's treasure is not known. When he wrote the letters in 1722, Franklin was apprenticing at his brother James' newspaper, the New-England Courant. If you know the history of Benjamin Franklin, you know when he wasn't busy writing letters under his various pseudonyms or instigating revolution, he liked to invent things. And there are an impressive number of Freemasons laid to rest there, as demonstrated by the Masonic symbols on their headstones. The 90s? After centuries of use, by the late 18th century, iron gall ink was still the most popular ink in use, especially for an official document like the Declaration of Independence. How Freemasonry at the time of the American Revolution could command such high But! Fact: Broadway was called de Heere Street by the Dutch. So, Pass and Stow recast the bell again, and it was finally installed in the bell tower of the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in June 1753. ". most notably Britain, were able to escape the dragnet. Ironically, given the role he plays in National Treasure, the Founding Father who definitely wasn't a Freemason was Charles Carroll. "Mostly we set out to Magdalene?which stirred up real controversy. Even now, certain states don't observe DST, while others want to make it year-round. We consider this movie to be just one more instance where secrets ["The Rosicrucian Enlightenment", nature, the pentagram is inverted to perfectly accommodate the head of the accurate. a history professor at the University of Southern California, Los He also made the two National Treasure films (starring Nicolas Cage as the dauntless hunter), which is why hes here in the TV rehash using a young and more diverse cast for a series precision-tooled for children aged between nine and a half and 14 and five-eighths. This meant he needed two pairs of glasses: one to look at faraway objects, and one for close-up work like reading one of his passions. the bi-sexual leader of Knights Templar when they were attacked by the French law. and the torturing of religious dissidents, princes in Europe, mostly in today's According to the BBC, the world's largest secret organization started out in Scotland and England in the Middle Ages as many small associations or lodges of stonemasons, which eventually became a national network and later spread around the world. No, they weren't, regardless of what you would like to believe. But one notable exception is Independence Hall. In Blood", to pick up this historical story, as we begin to answer The story follows Cage's character, Ben Gates, as he attempts to steal the Declaration of Independence so that the bad guys don't get it first. with the principles of democracy and religious tolerance by the Brotherhood. "The idea behind lots of these conspiracy and treasure stories is that any individual could happen upon a forgotten relic of the past, join with other like-minded mavericks, and use this relic for personal redemption or universal good.". The movie then claims that Carroll was a Mason. But, as John Adams tells his grandson, we know that George Washington, Paul Revere, and Benjamin Franklin were definitely Freemasons, as well as John Hancock and Chief Justice John Marshall. But the untold truth of Silence Dogood is that in real life, there are no manuscripts of the original letters: the only available versions are those printed in the newspaper. How can this be? and may subject the offender to civil liability and severe criminal penalties whoever write the script for that fictional symbolism knew his Satanism/Freemasonry During the Crusades, in around 1119, eight or nine French knights teamed up to protect Christian pilgrims to Middle Eastern Holy sites, where they were at risk from attack from the indigenous Muslim population. See full copyright notice below. written originally in 1459 and translated into English in 1690. I presume another receptionist was on duty when the client signed up. entitled, "Medieval Historian Conclusively Shows That Freemasonry Came He was not the "official" scribe of the Continental Congress, as Ben claims, because a number of scribes worked for Secretary of the Congress, Charles Thomson. Templar, some French Templars did escape. Disney once again ruins a franchise.instead of giving us a sequel to Book of Secrets,they give us a crappy show with terrible actors and crap storywho is in charge with Disney entertainment because they need to be fired Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. 00s | Further, intelligence services of that time not only protected Aside from his brewing business, Matlack was also a clerk in the Pennsylvania State House. Jess Valenzuela, a 20-year-old Dreamer, sets off on an exploration to discover the mystery of her family history, and, with the help of her friends, seeks to recover historical lost treasure. Treasure, the adventure yarn starring Nicolas Cage that opens in Sean Bean's character is called Ian Howe (though it is revealed that this may be an alias), and General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe were both high-ranking British commanders and the King's Commissioners to restore peace during the Revolutionary War. cover in NEWS1164, "They're mysterious because they were so sensationally successful," said Lisa Bitel, a history professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. children watching this movie will be predisposed to join Masonry later in life, National Geographic Freemason. ", Copyright 1996-2015 National Geographic SocietyCopyright 2015-2023 National Geographic Partners, LLC. The sister of a man who died after an unprovoked attack in London's West End has launched a petition against his killer's sentence. the spiritual descendants of the knights. the restoration of the Mysteries and their exoteric presentation as a Their first attempt didn't break when struck, but the sound was disappointing. So. For more on iron gall ink, check out Yale University Library's Traveling Scriptorium. These figures correspond with the five points of Washington, Franklin, and Revere were all Masons. The last three living signers were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton. up, two pointing down symbolizing man's spiritual nature." Part boulder, part myth, part treasure, one of Europes most enigmatic artifacts will return to the global stage May 6. Observing the ocular device Ben Gates finds hidden in a brick in Independence Hall, Abigail comments, "Benjamin Franklin invented something like these." When Dan Brown cooked . Are you adequately Listen to the Satanic plan for Antichrist Hegets a significant shout-out in the movie when Ben finds a clue that reads, "The legend writ, the stain affected, the key in silence undetected, fifty five in iron pen, Mr. Matlack can't offend." Determined to keep it out of the hands of the British during the when it dried. Watch and have some, or dont and make your own. "Brown tells people We have even had subscribers contact us, telling us that, when they saw CONCLUSION -- CONDITIONING FOR of the most outstanding intellectuals from England, France, Germany and the With an outrageous plot, "National Treasure" seems like a film that is mostly for entertainment with a sprinkling of historical fact. I therefore had formerly two Pair of Spectacles, which I shifted occasionally, as in travelling I sometimes read and often wanted to regard the Prospects. The primary architect of Washington was Pierre L'Enfant, and even though he has sometimes been said to be a Mason, there is absolutely no historical proof that he was. 2) How Freemasonry at the time of the American Revolution Eventually the Templar grew to hundreds, and it amassed enormous wealth and power through pillaging, donations from patrons who wanted to show their piousness, and by forming one of the world's earliest banking systems. (Manly P. Hall, "The Secret Teachings of All The Ages", by the Catholic Church?readers flocked to religious and If you would like to become You Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist that enormous resources from the government flowed into creating elaborate encryptions, By order of the mayor, the bell rang in honor of Washington's birthday and cracked beyond repair. Fully convinced of Occultism" by Lewis Spence copyright 1959 originally Albert Pike, Chapter XXX, p. 814-24]. It would be more accurate to say that Matlack was the official scribe of the Declaration of Independence, since the version he penned is held up as the definitive copy. This quote should repudiate all those people who have tried to say that the "But if it gets people to also look at history differently and pick up a book about the Founding Fathers, that's great. However, as church archivist Joseph Lapinski told Business Insider, unlike in the movie, no one is buried beneath the church. To quote the Critics Consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, where the movie has a 44% rating, "National Treasure is no treasure, but it's a fun ride for those who can forgive its highly improbable plot.". The Catholic Church Forbids Members from Being Freemasons. Some believe the treasure made its way to the United States in the 1700s. Rather than filming inthe real building, a National Historical Park, the filmmakers substituted the brick-for-brick replica of Independence Hall at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. you were already there. Fact: "The only thing there is a notation that reads Original Declaration of Independence dated 4th July 1776". American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin and other Masons hid the 2) the pentagram with one beam in the ascendant " ["Encyclopedia These you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality where the king refused the pressure from the Vatican, these Templars/Freemasons we would love to hear from you. But the plot of National Determined to keep it out of the hands of the British during the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin and other Masons hid the treasure in a secret location but left clues to its whereabouts in famous American landmarks. Thanks to Adam Duncan at Independence National Historical Park for these notes. The following year, the Intrepid was deployed to take part in the Vietnam War, serving three tours over the next three years. to Foreign Minister and who served King James I as Attorney General. Watch National Treasure: Edge Of History (Spanish/Spain Subtitled), Watch National Treasure: Edge Of History (Dutch Subtitled), Watch National Treasure: Edge Of History (French Subtitled), Watch National Treasure: Edge Of History (Latin America Market Subtitled), Watch National Treasure: Edge Of History (Italian Subtitled), Watch National Treasure: Edge Of History Teaser (Australia), Watch National Treasure: Edge Of History Teaser, Watch National Treasure: Edge Of History (Behind-The-Scenes Featurette), When they're looking through some of Sadusky's locked up possessions, the book Riley Poole published in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" is among the items, as is the Meerschaum pipe and Ben Franklin's "X-ray specs" from the original "National Treasure.". the Mysteries"! The Centennial Bell was hung in Independence Hall in 1876. He reported the astonishing discovery of "an immense sum" that "the city of Paris might save every year, by the economy of using sunshine instead of candles." Fiction: Abigail is missing the 1789 Inaugural button. They were believed to have hidden the Templar Treasure and later formed into the Freemasons. Fact and fiction blur considerably in National Treasure, which uses history as a jumping-off point for some major jumps in . of Rosicrucianism ( Manly P. Hall, "The Secret Teachings Since Thomas McKean signed sometime after January 1777 and possibly as late as 1781, it could be assumed that the map was aded to the parchment within this window, when only fifty-five men had signed. Title: During the Crusades, in around 1119, eight or nine French knights teamed up to protect Christian pilgrims . protecting your loved ones? Then, Patrick tells Ian that "the lantern is the clue," because one lantern was hung in the steeple of Old North Church, and that's where the next clue must be located. has preserved these many centuries, as his New World Order Religion. Kouf, the movie scribe, sees little danger in weaving together fiction and history. National Treasure doesn't get every detail about the Liberty Bell's current resting place correct. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 officially standardized the practice of DST between April and October. of the triad. to take the lead in "familiarising the general public with the nature of Ben Gates' first big breakthrough in his treasure hunt is figuring out that the "Charlotte" the secret lies with is not a human but a boat. . Given that Parkington Lane died in 1744, his body and crypt and presumably the hidden tunnel would have been destroyed along with the rest of the building. "I hope it gets people Jan. 30, 2014. Founding Fathers, that's great." Franklin is credited with inventing bifocal glasses, and you can see a sketch in this 1785 letter to George Whatley, along with this description: "I imagine it will be found pretty generally true, that the same Convexity of Glass through which a Man sees clearest and best at the Distance proper for Reading, is not the best for greater Distances. There is much work about this subject by many later mystics When the writers of "National Treasure" truthfully told their viewers that Masonry was created by the Knights Templar, the discerning, informed person immediately recognized that Freemasonry is hereby declared Satanic; furthermore, since it is also historically true that so many of our Founding Fathers were Masons, it is then true that America has an ungodly heritage, an opposite side to the . Listen to a Rosicrucian explain the key importance of this book to the practicing "Brown tells people something they never knewthat the early history of Christianity was much more complicated than anybody thought," he said. Jess has a knack for . the Satanic goat-god, Baphomet, then the ancient charges that they participated He apparently assumes that the picture of the clock on the $100 bill is the exact one he needs because, firstly, it was painted by a friend of Benjamin Franklin in the 1780s, and secondly, because Franklin is on the bill. to avoid detection. ("Born In Blood: The Lost Secrets of He cut the lenses from both of the glasses horizontally and reconfigured them into a single frame so that the top halves would work for long distances and the bottoms worked close-up. [Philosophical Research Society, Publications Department], By of the Illuminati", p. 142-144]. This society "mystically reinterpreted" Obviously, one has never been found, but based on the amount of power the Templar Knights had, it is safe to assume they were sitting on a load of valuables. Bank chief executive Paul Mason, 52, suffered head injuries in . controlling spirits by a scientific application of a certain formula. We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks It might not be as symbolically powerful as the Liberty Bell, but its creators tried to inject some additional meaning. Most scenes were filmed on location, . The letters, fourteen in total, were published in 1722. Intrepid, a real aircraft carrier-turned-museum in New York. it in any text," said Joseph Kelly, a professor of religious brought to the United States by the Freemasons, a secret society. Founding Fathers and probably influenced them a great deal toward Fact*: On the back of the $100 bill, there is an etching of Independence Hall, and the time on the clock tower reads 2:22. surprised to see one occult secret after another and one occult symbol after It's become a bona fide recipe for success: Invent an old-fashioned treasure hunt, fill it with conspiracies and secret codes, and set it against a backdrop of real history. In order to protect themselves against the onslaught of the killing How many young Public School And they may have become adept at smuggling their treasures out of cities once relations with the locals soured. Listen to a very important link in Rosicrucianism What is true, Using lemon juice and a hair dryer, he uncovers an Ottendorf cipherpenned in invisible ink. This engraving fromThe Illustrated London News, 1876, shows the Centennial Bell "In the Belfry, Independence Hall.". of Satan"], "In Satanism, the pentagram is also used, but since It also succeeded in making us so nostalgic for the Nicolas . In 1852, it was moved from the steeple to the Declaration Chamber, and starting in 1876, the Bell went on an expansive nationwide tour. perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, In fact, there was Templar treasure, Nicholson said, but it ended up in other . Soon, Morgan was bragging to whoever would listen about his book, and many Freemasons feared that he would in fact reveal their closely guarded secrets. This password protected A few of them were, George Washington in particular.Charles Carroll, though, the final living signatory of the Declaration of Independence, was not a Mason. Though it makes for a dramatic moment, Ben, Abigail, and Riley's unfurling of the Declaration of Independence in the Assembly Room does not mark the document's first return to Independence Hall since the signing. Diane Kruger's character is named Abigail Chase, a combination of Abigail Adams and Samuel Chase. According to the South Australian Maritime Museum, Charlotte was a merchant ship built in London in 1784. that Masonry was created by the Knights Templar, the discerning, informed person Finding this Change troublesome and not always sufficiently ready, I had the Glasses cut, and half of each kind associated in the same Circle, thus By this means, as I wear my Spectacles constantly, I have only to move my Eyes up or down as I want to see distincly far or near, the proper glasses being always ready. mold like Indiana Jones, I think we're OK. People know some of and entire buildings depicted in "National Treasure" is entirely correct. Copying and pasting this article, in whole or in part, into e-mails or The When the $100 bill was redesigned in 2009, the time was changed to 10:30; this new bill entered circulation in 2013. Of the 55 men who signed the Declaration of Independence, at least 9 are said to have been Freemasons. John Adams Gates' (Christopher Plummer) claim that at least some of the Founding Fathers were moonlighting as Freemasons on a quest to protect a priceless hoard of treasure from the British isn't as far-fetched as it might seem. Only one ancient account mentions the existence of Xerxes Canal, long thought to be a tall tale. "But if it gets people to The movie runs on the premise that there is a secret treasure map on the back of the document, and that it will lead whoever has it to a secret Templar treasure hidden somewhere in the United States. after drying and/or could only be viewed under certain circumstances. plot with plenty of action and weird symbols. of the Knights Templar, which is only partially true; the real truth is that According to legend, the Knights Templar discovered the greatest treasure in human history buried beneath the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. The U.S.S. As an FBI agent later explains, "When Ben Franklin was only 15-years-old, he secretly wrote 14 letters to his brother's newspaper, pretending to be a middle-aged widow named Silence Dogood.". is getting very close. Jefferson and Adams both passedon July 4, 1826. Some Christian leaders, however, have called it a secret society bent on spreading evil. There are other original versions from 1776, including Thomas Jefferson's draft currently in the Library of Congress and the one written in Congress' own official record. other parts are historically accurate. In fact, the original church building burned down during the Great Fire of New York City on September 20, 1776. But Brit Ian missed that history memo. The Centennial Bell was part of the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, later recast to improve the tone, and hung in the bell tower of Independence Hall, where it remains today. the revelations of John J. Robinson, in his book, "Born of (Right-hand symbol) The Hebraic First, the Freemasons are real. have a rollicking good time," he said. If so, we're going to tell you. For more, see Mount Vernon's Material Culture of the Presidency. Fact*: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Paul Revere were Masons and several Masons signed the Declaration of Independence. Are you spiritually ready? to educate and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order -- all time was Sir Frances Bacon, who served Queen Elizabeth I in a post equivalent * We shall see how the quest for the "National Treasure" States and other countries. of their land who was under the thumb of Rome. Remember this write-up about the Quest For The Holy Grail, for we shall return as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if Copyright 2004 Cutting Edge Ministries. do the same for moviegoers? Notice that, even though the Illuminati Plan is a worldwide plan, the seals should instantly sit up and take notice, for they glorify and honor the Knights Pop Culture | [Ibid., Page 514]. Tags: nicolas cage, national treasure, freemasons, founding fathers, 7 Things From 'National Treasure' That Were Actually 100% True, 7 Best Movies About Writers: Recommendations from an Essay Writer, Blast from the Past: How Real Money Casinos Are Reviving Classic Arcade and Casino Games for a New Generation, How Online Casinos Have Evolved Over the Years. If you go by the number of historical facts the characters get right in National Treasure, Riley has the most impressive hit record. It their language origins, Robinson concluded that, "when Pope Clement V conspired because it is neutral enough to be adapted to all religions of the world. According to the National Institute of Medicine, as Franklin aged, his eyesight deteriorated so that he became both nearsighted and farsighted. Kelly says many people As Ian discovers, the Liberty Bell no longer hangs in Independence Hall. you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means Bruckheimer was an algorithm before Zuckerberg was a twinkle in his robot fathers eye, or Amazon a glint in Bezoss own, and he knows exactly what he is doing. Templar very innocently -- even to the point of showing young Ben Gates being From Knights Templar, Not From Christianity". In truth, the Knights Templar was like a hybrid between a religious and a military order. Although the medieval knights also feature prominently in The Da Vinci Code, it was that novel's main plot twistthat Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalenewhich stirred up real controversy. All rights reserved. and had done so since Sir Francis Bacon from 1580 onward? Once you realize that the Knights Templar secret society worships The search finally takes Ben, Ian, and their teams to Trinity Church in Manhattan, where they smash their way into Freemason Parkington Lane's crypt and discover the tunnel that ultimately leads to the treasure. "I hope it gets people interested in the past," said Jim Kouf, who co-wrote the screenplay. Will National Treasure Finally, in 1717, Freemasons felt secure enough to come out into physically write the Declaration of Independence. A new discovery raises a mystery. He dies, possibly after seeing the script for the second episode, but not before giving her a letter and family photo for his estranged grandson Liam (Jake Austin Walker). Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page now.
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