Are the Stars on the Homes and Barns of Kentucky, Masonic Symbols?

While traveling through Kentucky, I saw many five-pointed stars on homes and barns. There are a variety of answers to what these stars signify but the one I liked best was when my cousin said she thought they were the symbol for Texas, the Lone Star of Texas. But in Kentucky and in several other states as well? That five-pointed star is the Texas state emblem and also has a connection to the secret society group known as the Masons.
Suellen Ocean is the author of Secret Genealogy – A How-to for Tracing Ancient Jewish Ancestry, Secret Genealogy II – Uncovering the Jewish Roots of Our Christian Ancestors and Secret Genealogy III – From Jewish Anglo-Saxon Tribes to New France Acadians. Available here:
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