Evening star., 1923-11-01
1900 SEE MASQNS
|A|DEDBy PRESIDENT
LAY CORNER STONE
Bishop Freeman, in 0ration,.
Warns Against Religious and
Racial Prejudice
WASHINGTON'S TR0WEL
USED BY Mr.. COOLIDGE
Charles II. Callahan Presides at
Rites, Representing Virginia
Grand Master.
By a STAR Corresnnndent

b Stan Correspondent.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. November L.
Found true and trusty' by the mas
ter's square. the corner stone of the
National Memorial, Americas Free
masonry shrine to Its most revered
craftsman. George Washington, was
laid here today "in due and ancient
form"
Assisted by President Coolidge, in
the presence Of high government Of
hcials and the greatest gathering of
blue lodge Masons in the history of
the fraternity the ceremonies were
conducted according to Masonic ritual
by the Grand Lodge of Virginia.
The dusty foundation around which
a throng estimated at $4,000 persons
gathered today offered no adequate
suggestion Of the great structure
that Is to rear its shining granite
walls high above the Potomac river
five years hence and take its place
with the Lincoln Memorial as one of
the nations most magnificent shrines.
From the summit of Shooters Hill
1t will look over the broad waters OF
the Potomac to the Capital, where
tribute to George Washington, the
gigantic obelisk. points eternally
heavenward. Down the Potomac 1t
VIII stand guard over the vast estate
that once was Washington's home.
and spreading in panorama before it
lies this quiet little Virginia city,
where the first President presided as,
the master of blue lodge.
Honored I'm Air, Land, Sea.
If the spirit of Washington min
gled today with the throng thas gath
cred here from the farthest ends OF
the continent to pay him homage. IL
exemplified the evolution Of the coun-
try he founded and the great fra
ternity he served SO welE
From the sky soaring airpianes
saluted his memory. oa the water a
mighty battleship that could have
humbled the pride of his whole navy
In a few brief moments salutsA him,
and ashore the Army ana citizens
paid reverent respestzM manner
ths ths realm al waaa Of assss Rss SssSsa sSea
dreamed ofs<he ceremonies that took
places-today on fhe heights abovs
htseofic Alexandria. which has grown
IN the brief span of a century from
a tiny colonial outpost to thriving
city.
In song and story his unselfsh de-
votion to liberty was extolled and
held up as the ideal for modern Amer
lea to follow. The story of his patri-
otism was rehearsed in eulogy by Rt.
copal Bishop OF Washington. who
voiced a plea for the nations re-
dedication to those principles Of un-
selfish devotion to liberty and human
brotherhood of which he called
Washington "the great exemplar."
Warns Of Prejudices.
1t was the principal address of the
day, and in his Grafton the bishop
warned against influences which tend
to create racial and religious hatred
within the nation and those which
would alter the fundamental basis
of its relation with other people.
I'VE are met here today" Bishop
Of Washington the soldier. the COM
mander-i -in-chief and ultimately the
President of the republic, as of
Washington. the high exemplar of
nation ought to stand. More and
more we are realizing today that if
our nation is to endure and occupy
its just place and prestige and power
must stand sQuarely and without
evasion or modification for those
great principles for which the father
of the nation stood during those
pregnant and tremendously impor-
tant days that marked the genesis
and evolution of our form and sys-
tenn of government"
Callahan Presides.
Among the influences which have
helped shape the destiny of the re-
public, the speaker continued, none
have had more far-reaching effect
than that resulting from the princi-
pies for which "Freemasonry has ever
stood, namely. the fatherhood Of God
and the brotherhood of man."
In Washington, Bishop Freeman
said. were exempliied these principles
of life, and he appealed for their
larger expressions 'in this present
critical age"
Charles H. Callahan, deputy grand
master of Virginia. who first sug-
gested the Washington Memorial,
presided at the special request of
Grand Master James H. Price, as a
special testimonial to his work for
the advancement of Masonry in
America. He was assisted by the
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