This virtual candle burns in memory for the brave people who perished in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. We meet in the Replica Lodge Room in the Memorial on the 4th Thursday of April each year to celebrate the anniversary of our Charter, April 28, 1788.
Visitors are always very warmly welcomed.
It was constituted on the 25th of that month and has been in continuous existence ever since that date. To this condition, the Lodge objected, not desiring to lose its original Virginia charter in which Washington was named Master. Accordingly, the Grand Lodge of Virginia adopted a resolution in 1805, permitting the change of name with retention of the old charter. This was destroyed by fire in 1871 with the loss of many valuable relics, though a large number of mementos were saved. The hall was immediately rebuilt together with City Hall and served as its home until the Lodge moved to its present quarters in the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in 1945.