Society lore has it that it was Prescott Bush who dug up and stole the skull of Geronimo from the Apache’s grave in 1918. Buckley Jr., and Secretary of State John Kerry. Other Bonesmen include Bush’s grandfather Prescott Bush, noted conservative William F. It’s well-connected members meet in a windowless building called “The Tomb,” and engage in an assortment of rituals, including taking a vow of silence. Ross has written a series of books detailing conspiracy theories involving elites in America and the world, including “ Members of the Bilderbergs, Council on Foreign Relations, & Trilateral Commission,” and “ The Elite Serial Killers of Lincoln, JFK, RFK & MLK.” The notice does not say who made the request, but Politico reported that records indicate it was most likely author Robert Gaylon Ross Sr. Bush, Laura Bush, Andrew Card, and Karl Rove routine memoranda regarding government awards and promotions and draft correspondence from the White House with background material,” the National Archives said in its notice. “Included is correspondence from individuals, organizations, and children to President George W. The National Archives sent out a letter last month to lawyers for both the Bush and Obama administrations, announcing that it intended to make some 3,404 pages of records available to the public, including 1,650 pages related to Skull and Bones. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas are poised to reveal files relating to Skull and Bones on July 12 unless Bush - a member of the secretive club, or President Obama, move to block a Freedom of Information Act request, according to the National Archives, which oversees White House records stored in the Bush library. The Ivy League school, which is not affiliated with the society, did not return a reporter's call.Over 1,000 pages of documents relating to Yale University’s Skull and Bones could be released this summer - shedding new light on the secretive society.Īrchivists at the George W. Efforts to reach a society member or a representative of its business arm, the Russell Trust Association, through a Yale spokesman were unsuccessful. On Tuesday, the society's secrecy remained intact. Bonesmen swear an oath of secrecy about the group and its strange rituals, which include initiation rites such as confessing sexual secrets and kissing a skull. Skull and Bones invites 15 Yale seniors to join each year. chief justice in 1874 and William Maxwell Evarts, who served as U.S. It contains the names and photographs of about 50 Bonesmen, including Taft, who became the 27th president of the United States Morrison Remick Waite, who became U.S. The skull is being sold with a black book, inscribed with Owen's name, the year 1872 and the numeral 322, a reference to the society's year of inception and to the death of the orator Demosthenes in 322 B.C. I think it will generate interest for people who are former Bonesmen, people who collect Americana, people who are interested in history." "It's an intriguing story tied to America, tied to Yale. "I think it's a macabre artifact," Margot Rosenberg, head of Christie's American decorative arts department, said Tuesday. John Kerry, businessman and diplomat Averell Harriman, publisher Henry Luce and author and commentator William F. Publicly known members, known as Bonesmen, include President William Howard Taft, both presidents Bush, Massachusetts Sen. Christies estimates the skull will sell for 10,000 to. Prior to that time, the group published an annual roster. A human skull that apparently was turned into a ballot box for Yales mysterious Skull and Bones society is going on the auction block. Skull and Bones, an elite society founded in 1832, has closely guarded its members' names and its activities since the early 1970s. The auction house said it also may have been displayed at the society's tomblike headquarters on Yale's campus in New Haven, Conn., during the late 1800s. The skull is fitted with a hinged flap and is believed to have been used during voting at the famous society's meetings.
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