The arm and hammer symbolize the power and strength that united American citizens can wield, when their arms are raised in defense of their American heritage, and when they are ever ready to strike with hammer-like force, against any and all individuals or groups, that may threaten to destroy our American way of life!
The compasses in our emblem symbolize Deity, and constantly remind us that we should endeavor to shape our lives into true and perfect circles, that the Supreme Being selected, for the shape of the heavenly bodies that was flung into the endless expanse of the universe.
The square in our emblem, teaches us that it is our duty, to make our words and our deeds square with each other in all our relations with our fellow members and that no distinctions, or discriminations, should ever exist, because of one brother's or sister's financial success and worldly attainments, or another brother's or sister's lack of them.
The shield is emblematic of the protection that surrounds the individual in the exercise of his liberties under our form of government, and it also symbolizes our Order's purposes, to shield American institutions and American citizens from every menacing peril. |
