Record: the document says itLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 1872 · Places: Northeast, Africa
SUMMARYThe Moorish costume, whites only: the Shriners (Nov 8, 2026)
RECORD (Wikipedia, "Shriners")the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine was founded in 1872 in New York City; its first temple, "Mecca Temple," was set up at the New York Masonic Hall on September 26, 1872; founders Walter M. Fleming (who wrote the ritual, emblem and costumes) and actor William J. Florence, who took the "Middle Eastern" theme from parties and a secret society he saw in Marseille, Algiers and Cairo; members wear the red fez; membership requires being a Master Mason; "Historically, the Shrine was open to only White men." In 1893 John G. Jones and 13 other Prince Hall Masons founded the Black counterpart, renamed in 1900 the "Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine."
LENS (WW9)the Lodge dressed in Moorish and Egyptian costume while barring the people papered as Black; the Black order answered by putting "Egyptian" in its own name
OPENthe order's own founding documents; the fez's adoption date. Connects: P856, P858, the American Egypt cards, the Lodge Files.