George Washington Masonic National Memorial - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
George Washington Masonic National Memorial - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is a Masonic building and memorial located in Alexandria, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. It is dedicated to the memory of George Washington, the first president of the United States and a Mason. The tower is fashioned after the ancient Lighthouse of Ostia in Ostia Antica (or Rome).Talbert, p. 211."Port of Trajan at Ostia">, pp. 60–61.Kocyba, p. 23. The Hutton, Margaret. "George Washington Masonic National Memorial." Washington Post. No date. Accessed 2011-03-21.Conroy, Sarah Booth. "Those Revolutionary Masons." Washington Post. February 16, 1992. tall memorial sits atop Shooter's HillColbert, p. 14.Smith, p. 79.Shooter's Hill is named for the Shooter's Hill area of South London. The Smith family, which owned Shooter's Hill, came from the Shooter's Hill area of London and claim descent from the explorer Captain John Smith. See: Smedes, p. 12; "Smith, William Morgan, M.D.", pp. 555–556. However, some archeologists believe the name was derived from the last name of an inhabitant in the 1740s. See: Allen, Mike. "City's Hill Holds 5,000 Years of History." Washington Post. May 22, 1997. (also known as Shuter's Hill)Voges, p. 198; Connelly, p. 125. at 101 Callahan Drive. Construction began in 1922,"Start Alexandria Memorial Temple." Washington Post. June 6, 1922. the building was dedicated in 1932,Shepperson, Charles M. "Masonic Fete Draws 150,000 to Alexandria." Washington Post. May 12, 1932. and the interior finally completed in 1970.Seghers, George D. "The George Washington Masonic Memorial Centennial Celebration." Scottish Rite Journal. January–February, 2001. In July 2015, it was designated a National Historic Landmark for its architecture, and as one of the largest-scale private memorials to honor Washington. Read more on Wikipedia
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