Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-15
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Memorial to "Washington the
f Mason" Planned.
NOTICE TO GRAND MASTERS
Thirty-Five of Latter Will Attend
Celebration to Be Held Feb
ruary 20.
ecial CorresnDndeuce of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, February 10, 1910.
Active preparations are being made by
Alexandria Washington Lodge of Masons
for it's celebration, to be held here Feb.
ruary %, at which time movement for
the erection of memorial to Washing.
ton the Mason will be launched. About
thirty-five grand masters of different
states will be present.
In addition to the program sent out by
Charles II. Callahan, worshipful master
of the local lodge. to the grand masters
of the various states. the following is
stated in the circular anent the memorial:
Mount Vernon, the mecca of patriotic
America, has long since been deemed
the hallowed shrine of American Masons
Here lies the beloved and most distin-
suished votary OF the craft of modern
times. and close by, in the colonial town
of Alexandria, is the lodge. still vigorous
in its old age. over which he presided
whose charter bears his name as master.
whose walls are hung with priceless me-
mentos of the immortal craftsman. AT
every turn the eye falls upon the VEN
Grated trinkets personal effects and Ma
sonic treasures of the mighty Washing
ton, handed down by family and friends
to be kept in this venerated sanctum
sanctorum as sacred reminders of a
peeciOus past
For years the ever-increasing army Of
touring Masons, animated by profound
reverence. have vainly appealed to US to
inaugurate a national movement to erect
a memorial to Washington the Mason
and thereby preserve in a fireproof re-
pOstory these sacred treasures as a
1@rn fov f,1tx,r
and the glory of our national institution.
These appeals are not the transitory va
pOrings of irresponsible dreamers fired
by mOmentary enthusiasm and excite
ment, but the earnest, sincere supplica-
ton Of the best and most representative
citizens of America. men of high char
acter. of noble impulses. who earnestly
desire to enrich and enoble the craft by
exalting the fame of Washington the
Mason
Will Be Launched February 22.
Guided by this potent influence in re-
Spouse to this urgent call. we have deter
mined, after mature consideration, to
launch February 81. 1910. an appeal to
every grand jurisdiction in the United
States to cooperate with us i'm building
national memorial to Washington, the
Mason and to perpetuate in imperishable
/
the life of Washington.
cit is proposed to set apart in this
temple a hall Of fame, in which will be
allotted space to every grand jurisdiction
in which to erect tablets to their dis
tinguished sons who have been prominent
ly identified with the fraternity, with pho
tographs and biographies of each man
whose name is inscribed on a tablet. 1t
also has been suggested that these tablets
be in blank form in order that all who
have in the past deserved, or shall
at any future time deserve, this
special distinction can and Will receive
1t. Thus the name, picture and biogra-
ply of every grand master. from the be-
ginning of Masonry in this country on
down through the future. will eventually
be found in the archives Of this memorial.
1T would be premature for us to as
sumo authority to decide upon any perma-
nent plan or outline fixed policy before
assembling the grand masters or their
representatives. when. we hope, the entire
proposition will he thoroughly digested in
all it's various phases and an organization
satisfactory to every one perfected. That
Alexandria is the logical home for the
object in question is appar. ut when its
relative geographical location to our Cap
ital city and Mount Vernon is considered.
and the intimate social and political rela-