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Show .. - - w ."'- I x . v - - s i - - - .:"s"":as,.. s ' - , -.!..; : -,,. .... . -. . ... V, x , - - .. ...... . . -. .. ' ' - - v .. . ?5 L?. '' - " v . : - c . " o - ' - . i . - , . - , I i C - -" v - i "'" . ' V - ;- a --.'"i ''HI ' ! i . hi By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN S3"-K0i;GE WASHINGTON ( & as the poets and historians It I put it needs no memorial ; J the Father of His Count rv JBIJLlTVI , ... , -55CH 'lves in the hearts ot the !7Tj2r;-3 people of America. And if tV'yif""V (Jeorge Washington did need a memuilal, Wash-t Wash-t ' p.. S ington, the Capital City, 1 Ylj'jj;7 practically that memorial. I' !-' I S "ie". there's the Wasliing- y - 'i-ir-At .ou nionument, one of the greatest memorials of this earth. Ami Jlount Vernon any American who can visit it without thrills is dead from the waist up. In addition, there is the National Civic Hall to be erected erect-ed in Washington by the George Washington Wash-ington Memorial association under the authorization of congress at a cott of abir.it S-,-"00m0. And cow the Masons of the I'nited States are going to erect their memorial memo-rial to Krt'ther George Washington ut Alexandria, Va., almcst within- a fctone'.s throw of the Capital City. j Masonry, as everybody knows. Is very old and world-wide. What the j encyclopedias call the "historic period : of Masonry" begins with the forma- tlon, in 1717, of the first Masonic ! Grand Lodge of the World In London. I Masonry was introduced Into America j about 17;j'; there was a lodge In I'hil- j ndelphia iu 1731, ami one in llo.-ton in 17!:-!. After the Revolution the American lodges withdrew their al-legiaree al-legiaree to the parent lodges in En island is-land and Scotland and created grand lodges in several states. Since then the growth in membership has been steady, with the exception of a few years following 1S-V, when u shortlived short-lived Anti-Mu.-ouic political party n formed. April :. I T : t. on the steps of the federal building In Wall street, In New York. A photograph of it Is here .reproduced. It v. as also carried In Washington's f.in-ral preee-sion. It also seri ed at tl i inauguration of 1're-ident Maiding, who Is a tblrty- se. end degree Mas..n. It belongs to St. John's Lodge. No. 1, 1'. and A. M. of New York city. Alexar.'lri.i. a histor'e little city en the j Potomac, cb.-e to Washington, Is rev- i fTohriy ief. rred to by Its citizens us! the "hoine ton n" of George Wa .hh:g I ton. From tni- viewpoint it Is a lit- I ling site f.,r the n'-w Washington . j men o.-ial. It is also a suitable ;te ' fro;," the .Masonic viewpoint. I I he movement was stalled bv the Ale:ai.:r!a-Wa.shipg:on lodge about twep.e years ago. At toe last meeting meet-ing of the Geore.. Washington Masonic Ma-sonic National Memorial n-soc:i-tlon In Wa-hingfon dial plans for I the building u ere appne.-ei. Thp I building' and grounds will cost about Onderdonk. master of St. John's lodge, headed the otlicl.il delegation, which nuii,'.er"d uhout ::n. mid Included prominent Masons of the city uud state. When Ires', lent Harding too'.; Ms oath of i, llicc the Fable was opened lit the saiae pno. us when it was used at Washington' Inauguration. "Tb ,'. Is the page." Mild Mr. (inder.buik. "cont.-ibiing the last of the forty ninth chapter of Gene-.N Mid the bi ginnlag of the nrt'eth chapler. "According lo our record. Washing-Ion Washing-Ion kept his hand en this page be tool: the oath, kis-ed tb! ; page, and tl.ec, perhaps. In nervousness, turned over the pa:.'. here ti e I'.ook of Tvo-dus Tvo-dus b' ;:!ns. The uppi-r corner of this page Is creased II Utile as if It bud lieen turned !"-. n as a inarhor either during or after the historic ercinony." Although 'ashin;:'ol bad been Mason for many years, had been founder and Master of li lodge, lids 1 I'alde was not u-ed In the I nan ipira t ion ProtlKT (Jeor'e Washington aniniPd j his Masonic obligations .November 1. 1 7a:!, at rrdericksburg, Va., at the age of twenty. This whs the year before Washington was sent by Cov-ernor Cov-ernor I.'in.viddie of Virginia lo order the Freri'b pioneers out of the Ohio! valley. The French and Indian war i (17"l-37oV;) broke out, and soon afterward after-ward Praiblock'.s defeat took dace in The Alexandria-Washington lodge. No. 2'1. 'irginia, has what s called tho ''Masonic Porfrall of P.rotln-r f;-n. end fleorge Washington." jt is an "original pastel portrait from life by William Williams, Philadelphia. September, Sep-tember, )7'Jl, painted at the rcspa-sl of Alexandria Lodge No. :::i, A. Y. M " There Is rtlso a coiy In the museum of the Jt. W. Crand Lodge, F. and A. M. of pennav I', anin. pro! her Ceorge Washington was master of the Alex-Hndrla Alex-Hndrla lodge. lie Is shown wearing the Masonic regalia. The features are not exactly like those of any other of Ihe many portraits of Washington. The reproductions ut it are not plea -ib.g. In one history It is dc-f"T:bci dc-f"T:bci us a "li cigreeable, feeble pic-lure." pic-lure." It was painted while (leorge Washington was nerving bis M-cond (mi in President In Philadelphia. VI. -re -ire fro "Washington" Pil.IcK, wfll'h Masons irn'lijdc among their pri'e,..,,, roli'H. (III., m (he Cihle , v.fib-li Wmhingioii took his Masonic oh; g.ilioi,.- as a ta lolicr of the I red-eri.-!- long bulge m Virginia. Tb" other ' Washington" I'.dde. more f, ii, ions, is the hook on which Wc-ddfiK'on loo!; Ids oath of ofhee im llrtil pie..;;, ,il of the 1,'nltcd Slates, S'J.o'KI.IXlO. j The icemorail will stand on tl ridge in Washington park, on Ihe edge of Alexandria. and t-.in en: iniand a splendid view of the national capital. It will be locate'! so that all who make pilgrimage from Washiig'on to Mount Vernon will pas-, by it. The dimen-'ons over all will be P'r'lX'Jiltl feet, l-eliive ..f SlcpC tlT- raees arid a ppmaches. The height lo the summit of the covered obsen atlon platform, from which visitors may obtain ob-tain a strii.ing panoraini'' vie.v of the country vvher" Washington spent Ihe greater part of Ids life, will be L'lll) reet. Iti Ihe center of the spacious structure struc-ture will be an atiiuin, 7'l!0!l feet, to form a memorial hall, which will I (Oliiain a lifelike Malm- of Wa-hing Ion. Thl- ineniorial ball, III feel in height, will li.-e by u del e-lory above Ihe sun on u d 1 1 g porUon of the biiibl i lug. and w ill be em Ironed b.y a ri'iin- l ber of rooms lledi'llted to the use of i Masonic Interest m, wherein every Ma-' Ma-' sonic oi ganizat ion in Ihe I 'tti I -il Slates may have ipace. Pislng above llu- meninrlal hall and forming the e rnnil story of the lower w ill he a mu 1 1 1 u. lo which will be transferred sou ( the mod treasured treas-ured pcs-e-Motis ol Ihe AlcMindrla-Wa.'ililnt-lon Ma'onb' lodge. The Ni w Vork "Washington" I'.Ilde. belonging to SI. John's Lodge. No. 1. !'. and A. M.. was taken lo Wa ddng tori for Fro-blent 1 1 a Tiling's Inauguration Inaugura-tion with much pomp and ceremony. Pare!;, has Ihe lodge permitted the P.ibb- I" he taken from lis repository In the Masonic temple. Frederick A. by i lit or. lion, but bv accident. The i committee, compi -c.: hugely of Ma-sons, Ma-sons, had f"i g 'Hen I" I I'ov ide a P'bb-. J The bead of this comi'iillee was It. P.. Llv lng-leii. iban.illor of the Hate and , nN. i g and -It:' of the Ma-.oiiH of tin- stall'. i The bistort of H'" lie ident has !,,.,. written by Ado'ah (b-eiing of SI. j .John's balre, as fol'ou s : i "1 it; tlcr.g was ready f..r Ihe ml- , m're - rut ion of Ihe oath of ollice lo I ihe pr. si. lent of the eew government, j when It was found that liT-ie bad Imt b-oti pr v hied a I bd.v p.',bl i which the Pre alelit el'-cl c.njt.1 snear nlle- ! g'an'C to Ihe I '. 'II -I ! I ut i. .11. .lacidi .Moitori, who v i'.s nniislial of the pa- I nnlc nnd al that Hme Master of Sf. I 'John's b .Ige, was slanditig chea- bv, and .tec'ng the dilenni n the.v wcie In, i leliilli-ked Hull be could gel Ihe altar i P.lble of St. John's lodge, which met I at the 'Hid ColTee House.' corner of. Water and Wall streets. ( hnncelh.r i Livlligsloii begged blln to do mo. The P.lble was brought and the ceremony pro'-eeded. "When (lit- Mutely Washington had llnliheil repenting tin- fill li. vvllh Ids right bund icslli r on Ihe open book and Ids bead bowed In reveretilial milliner, be said in a clour and distinct voice. 'I swear, so help me (hull' Then bowing over Ibis inngiiillceiil P.lble, he I'l'Veleully I'bta'd . Whereupon ('linn-ccllor ('linn-ccllor Livingston, In a ilnging voice exclaimed. 'Long Live Ceoige Wash j ington. Pre'iblciil of the 1'iilled I S.lllles!' "The Plble was 'Printed bv Mark i Haskell, Prlnler lo the King's Most Fxcellenl Mnjei.iv, London. 17 Li.' " ' |