Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic DeMolay Jacket
ca. 1950
Maker not marked
Place made not marked
Wool, nylon
approx.: 24"h x 28"w x 4"d
Gift of Arlington Masonic Temple Association, Arlington, Massachusetts
2001.012.2

Masonic DeMolay Jacket; boy's blue wool "varsity" jacket with gold nylon trim; insignia over left breast; reads "DeMolay" across back; reversable gold lining; reads "Arlington/ Chapter" and De Molay insignia on back.

In 1921, Freemason Frank S. Land founded the Order of Demolay, a Masonic youth group for boys ages 16 to 21. Dozens of chapters opened across the United States, including one in Arlington, Massachusetts. A member of the Arlington Chapter had this silk and wool letterman’s jacket embroidered with the name of his chapter and the organization.