Freemason, Masonic walking stick, cane. All metal with an alloy steel handle. The bottom with rubber pads. 36 1/4" length. The Masonic Square and Compasses encircled by Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit which translates to : What Virtue Has Joined Together Death Shall Not Separate. The history of Freemasonry encompasses the origins, evolution, and defining events of the fraternal organization known as Freemasonry. Firstly, the emergence of organized lodges of operative masons during the Middle Ages, then the admission of lay members as "accepted" or speculative masons, and finally the evolution of purely speculative lodges, and the emergence of Grand Lodges to govern them. The watershed in this process is generally taken to be the formation of the first Grand Lodge in London in 1717.