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Hospitality and a happy ending

Irish American and Oregon history collide in the case of the Freemasons versus the Catholics more than a hundred years ago. Two brothers brought up in the 1960s in a school system voters tried to shut down in 1922 started a unique hospitality business. McMenamins Grand Lode just hosted the Freemasons of Oregon 175th Anniversary. Grim beginning, Happy ending.

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