A very small blue and gold lapel pin in the shape of a flower, a forget-me-not. The pin is cut into the shape of the flower itself, with a pinch-back pin. The back of the pin reads - BALLOU REGD.
The pin is attached to a blue piece of cardboard and placed in a small blue and clear plastic box.
Inside the box is a typed text that reads : STORY OF LODGE PIN. IN GERMANY, HITLER OUTLAWED THE MASON ORGANIZATION AND AS A RESULT ALL TEMPLES WERE CLOSED. iN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER THE MASONS INSERTED A FORGET-ME-NOT OR SIMILAR FLOWER IN THEIR LAPEL.. IN AMERICA, IN ORDER TO REMEMBER THIS INCIDENT A FORGET-ME-NOT PIN WAS MADE AND SOLD.
The pin came to the Archives from the John Hancock Lodge of Methuen via Arthur Dallon, a Mason himself.
used: Members of John Hancock Masonic Lodge