Uncovering Hidden Truths on Instagram: "The Shriners are fez-wearing Freemasons made up of Master Masons, 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Masons, and Knights Templar York Rite Masons. They are well known in the United States for their colourful parades and charitable works. I first came across the Shriners through a light-hearted parody of them by comedians Laurel and Hardy in the 1933 movie Sons of the Desert. Shriners – or Shrine Masons – were founded in 1872 and today have about 300,000 members aro