Evening star., 1923-11-01
$4,000, SEE MAs0Ns,
AIDED BY PRESIDENT,
- LAY CORNER STONE
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grand malter Of every grand jHFis-
diction in the United States and sew
eral score 0f past grand masters, who
eat as members Of the Grand Lodge
of vtrginis. The lodge was convened
in due forrH on platform built
around the corner stone. huge gran
He block bearing the square and
compasses of Freemasonry and the
date on the north, east, west and
south. 1t was shortly after / o'clock
hill and the .dedicatory serv-
President Coolidge accompanies
by Mrss Coolidge, Chief Justice
Taft and the Presidents secretary.
Bascom Slemp, arrived few min
Washington. leaving the White House
about 1 O'Clock. 1t had been intended
to dedicate the corner stone at poon.
but inability Of the President to at
tand so early necessitated the delay.
The President. was the. drst.S.to
He used the same silver trowel that
George Washington used when he
laid the corner stone of the first
United States Capitol, which British
troops burned in zthesswarl Of 1872.
No Talk BY President. Il ".
President Coolidge made 4no re-
marks during his part tof the service,
and he was followed immediatelyfby
each OF the grand masters Of the
states. who thus were given an op-
portunity to take an actual part in
the dedication.
All of the pomp of the ritual of
Freemasonry. attended the ceremony.
Even the language used during the
ceremony was purely Masonic. The
presiding grand master entered at
tended by the full Grand Lodge. Two
past grand masters bore the Holy
Bible and three other past grand
masters carried before and behind 1t
the lesser lights of Masonry.
With the working tools OF their
offices the grand master, the grand
senior wards sn and the grand junior
warden tried the stone and found it
true, trusty and well laid" Having
thus made IL possible to continue
with the ceremony. the grand master
invited the visiting grand masters
to deposit within 1t some memorial
appropriate of this generation. Thus
each state Is represented by a token
within the stone. In addition a holy
Bible and an American flag and
literature describing the origin and
growth of the national Masonic
memorial movement were deposited.
BY three distinct movements. be-
I w
were bestowed, the stone was then
lowered into place by Operative" Ma
sons The actual conservation con-
sisted Of pouring the corn of plenty,
the wine of joy and the oil of blessed
ness" upon the stone. which was done
in turn by the grand master, the
grand senior warden and the grand
Junior warden.
A few minutes later the architect of
the building examined the work, de-
clared that the craft had performed
fits duty well. and the grand master
formally pronounced the corner stone
of American Free Masonry,'s greatest
shrine laid lin due and ancient form. :.
Day to Re Remembered.
Long after those who helped to lay
the corner stone on Shooters Hill
remember today as PERHAPS the
greatest in its history Schools were
closed and business houses drew their
blinds. while the whole populace
turned upon the streets to add their
tribute to the man who once was
such familiar figure in its daily
life.
The sidewalks were black from curb
to building line with eXpectant spec
tators. who needed not chilling winds
as they waited for more than an hour
for the greatest pageant that has
ever stepped upon the soil of old Vir-
ginia to pass.
1t was the heart of Masonry pass
ing in review to honor one of its
most illustrious past masters, George
Washington, who presided over a
lodge in Alexandria long before the
fraternity had. even barely started
toward its great achievements of to-
day. a,g.-- -.s-c :.
More than 10000 men Were in the
line of march, which started from
King and Washington streets shortly
before IL o'clock. headed by platoon
of mounted police. commanded by
Chief Marshal Col. Kenneth w. ogden.
hmm mediately behind marched PERISH
ing.s OwMsBand. from the Washington
barracks. The first division was oc-
cupied by detachments of the numer-
Gus units of the nations armed
of infantry from Fort Washington,
three companies of engineers from
Fort Humphreys. with their own
band; battalion of United States
marines from Quantico. led by the IA
nous Quantico Band of 100 pieces;
teries of artillery from Fort Myer,
led by the famous, Fort Myer mounted
cavalry band, and 500 sailors from
the cruiser Richmond, the largest and
fastest of>all armored cruisers in the
Navy. With the bluejacksts marched
the CHhSd GldlcS navy odtlu. - y" ds
the greatest array of military and
naval forces ever seen here.
Governor In Parade.
The citizens committee of Alex
andria. led by James r. Cation, jr.,
headed the second division. In it rode
Mayor William A. Smoot. Gov. Z. Lee
Trinkle and his entire STAFF and the
government officers OF
Alexandria.
Their silver swords flashing In the
bright morning sun, the Knights
gotten spectacle as they marched
up King street in line formation.
Row upon row, their white and black
chspeaux in sharp contrast to their black
they swung through cheer
ing throngs to the foot Of the great
m emorial they helped to dedicate to-
day. The Templars occupied theten-
tire third division, and brought with
them half q score of"bands. They
came. from every part or the united
States, most conspicuously represent
ed being MARYLAND, Massachusetts,.
Delaware. Tennessee. Missouri and
Immediately behind the knights
came the blue lodge Masoas. COM
pletely filling the fourthHnd fiftR di-
Of the 1900 and more -jurisdictions
in the United. States was represented
in that great body, which fsA the true
heArt Of, Freemasonry: Every man
wore his white apron, the badge of a
Mason, and white gloves. There were
thousands of them here, pot only
from ethe United States but: Canada
and Cuba as we'll. In the fifth Hdivi.
sion also marched the District OF Co.
lumbia and Virginia Masons. headed
by the band Of the Knights Templar
of Charlottesville, Va.
- AImas Hand Honored.
Aimas Temple Band was accorded
the honor of escorting the sixth d..
vision, in which rode the imperial
potentate ofxthe Shrine. 1T was the
honor division of the parade. for in
1t were Alexandria washington Lodge,
No. %: Fredericksburg Lodge,- No. I,
and Potomac Lodge, No. g.. the latter