Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-11-01
GREAT MASONIC EVENT
IN THE CAPITOL CITY


tional Memorial, now being built in
Alexandria, Va, just outside the ma
tional capitol. The cornerstone of
this beautiful $4,000,000 structure
will be laid on Thursday, Nov. l.,
and Masons of the United States are
planning upon making this great oc-
casion the most impressive i'll the
history of the order. 1t is expected
that every one of the 1900 Blue
Lodges in this country will have one
or more representatives at the Nov.
l festivities. In addition, there will
be pilgrimages from every state.
Railroads already have announced
reduced rates for this big event and
are preparing to handle the enor-
nous number of travellers to Wash
ington, which is expected to reach
into the hundred thousands. There
are approximately 100000 Ma
sons in the United States, and every
one of them will want to be present
at this momentouS ceremony.
The George Washington Masonic
National Memorial project was de-
tcrmined upon at meeting OF
prominent Masons from several
Grand Jurisdictions in Alexandria
on Feb. %, 1910. This meeting
was held in the historic lodge room
of Alexandria Washington Lodge,
No. %, of which the first president
was the first Worshipful Master and
over whose deliberations he presided
when he was the chief executive of
/ the nation. The plans to honor the
first president were fairly modest at
the beginning, but as they were dis
cussed year after year the plans
were enlarged until at present they
have assumed gigantic proportions.
The memorial is Delng erected on
Shooters Hill at Alexandria, on the
Arlington Ridge, which commands a
view of the. city of Washington. The
Memorial association has acquired
in all 80 acres of land founding
Shooters Hill, which will be passed
by all those who travel from the ma
tional capitol to Mount Vernon,
Washington's home. The edifice
will be surrounded by artistic land
scaping and will be reached by
broad walks and stone steps ascend
ing through seven terraces. From
the top-most collonaded tower of
I the memorial, visitors will view for
miles around the region in which
Washington passed a great portion
of his life. !, !
The dimensions of the edifice over
all will be 230 feet in depth by 160
feet in width, exclusive of the steps,
terraces and approaches. It's height
to the summit of the observation
tower will be 200 feet The main
masse of the building comprise a
base in which will be located the
great Washington Memorial Hall
and various Masonic rooms, and
above this base will rise form of
tower One of the most stately fea-
lures will be an imposing atrium, 70
feet wide and 100 feet deep, which
will form the Memorial Hall, and in
which it is proposed to set a statue
of George Washington. This hall
will be ga feet high, rising by a
clerestory above the surrounding
portion of the building. 1t will be
/ fanked by great ionic columns 40
feet high and surrounded by a num-
ber of rooms devoted to Masonic in
terests, above the roof of which
| clerestory lights will admit the
light.
Entrance of the building. will b.
! expressed in a siX-columned pOrtico
of pure Greek DOric design, form1ne
! an interesting contrast to the plain
unbroken side walls of the Masonic
rooms. Rising above the Memorial
Hall, and forming the second story
Of the tower will be a museum
room to house the many memor-
/ abiiia of George Washington and his
/ time, as well as interesting relics
connected with WashingtOn's ser
! vice as Master of AleXandria-Wash
ington Lodge. There Will be a thirC
level above the museum, above
which again there will be a covered
observation platform, all three
levels screened by stately COLON
AIDES.
The architects Of this superlativc
cdifice are Helmle & Corbett o
New York. with s. Eugene OsgooC
of Grand Rapids Mich, as consult
ing architect. The landscape ar
chitects are Olmsted Bros. Of Brook
line, Miss, with Carl Rust Parke
associated. When he presented th'
model Of The structure o the me
mortal association o year ago, Ar
chitect H. w CoTbett said: "Th'
/ George Washington Masonic Ma
;ional Memorial is primarily a me
mortal 10 George Washington, th
man and the Mason lis form is in
spred by the great towers built il
the ancient days OF Greece art
, Rome to mark the entrances TO thoi
> haTb0rs and from whose summit
2 permanent burning nares that coUl'
Z BE seen tor miles at sea, guided tn
> mariner on his way The grea
9 tower OF the memorial represents t
5 the world at large the guiding spiri
7 of Washington in craftsmanship an
= mis- reVercd precepts which for al
: time will set an example by whic
the Ship Of State may direct ii
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