En:Allen Roberts
House Undivided
Source: Phoenixmasonry
The Story of Freemasonry and the Civil War
By: Allen E. Roberts
House Undivided - The Story of Freemasonry and the Civil War. This book is by Allen Roberts and was published in 1976 by Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. It has 356 pages and explains the Masonic role in the Civil War. The brotherhood was confronted with a difficult conflict when the Civil War broke out in 1861. Freemasons, both northern and southern, were forced to choose a side and go against the very foundation of the society of Freemasonry. Despite all their differences, Masons continued to practice their principles of brotherly love and good will on the battlefield, thus proving that the men who joined under the order would not, under any circumstances, sever their bonds of Masonic unity. Here is their story told by the famous Masonic author Bro. Allen E. Roberts.
Biography of Allen E. Roberts
1917 - 1997
Allen E. Roberts was a Certified Administrative Manager, and owner of Imagination Unlimited!, registered with the U.S. Patent Office, and Anchor Communications. The companies specialized in audio/visual aids for business and fraternal organizations, management consulting, writing, motion picture productions and book publishing. Allen was a member of film producers organizations; a member of the Academy of Certified Administrative Managers. He was a former member of the Administrative Board of the Highland Springs United Methodist Church, and has often spoken from its pulpit and taught Sunday School.
Allen was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on October 11, 1917, and received his preliminary education in its public schools. He continued his studies in the U.S. Navy where he served aboard the U.S.S. Alabama and L.S.T. 877 during World War II and earned the rating of Chief Commissary Steward. He saw action in the North Atlantic and the Pacific theaters. Journalism and accounting were his main subjects of study in the Navy and in Virginia, where among other institutions, he attended T.C. Williams Law School. He made his permanent home in Highland Springs, Virginia upon his discharge from the Navy in 1946.
He was a Colonel, Aide-de-Camp on the staff of the Governor of New Mexico; an Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, Aide-de-Camp, in the Alabama State Militia; a Kentucky Colonel; and has been cited by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut for his "outstanding career in the field of office management and communications, specializing as a management consultant in the production of informational films, training aids, and sound recordings."
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He was married for 50 years to Dorothy Marie Grimes and had four sons, Allen E., R. Wayne, Kenneth D., Brian K. (deceased); and one daughter, Marcia Lynne Roberts Weber; five grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
