Rumpus Is Over

Rumpus’s over, Mason’s gone,

     Time tur stop an’ think;

Time tur take the baby out,

     Time tur eat an’ drink.

Rumpus is over, streets are clear,

     Pocketbooks er thin;

Knights er gone, an’ Boston is,

     Jest herself ag’in.

Aug. 26, ‘95

Boston Courier,

Sept. 11, ‘95

  At the end of August 1895, the city of Boston greeted 20,000 Masonic Knights Templar from around the country.  These men, and their wives, gathered in the city for their Triennial Conclave.

  While the parade on August 27 must have been quite a sight, it was not only the Knights Templar members that dressed for the event.  As part of the celebration, the Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island decorated the exterior of the Boston Masonic building with a spectacular display of bunting and electric lights.

http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2009/08/boston-turns-on-the-lights-for-the-knights-templar-in-1895.html

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