that is false, Freemasonry began in ancient Egypt with stone masons and as for it being anti American, well it may be so, but you forget or having a spoonful of willful amnesia, many of the founding fathers of America were in fact Masons. If you want to judge some anti American bullshit, look no farther than Abrahamic religions, YOU guys follow an un-elected pulpit constantly telling you what to do or burn in hell, just like Communists do, so....