Arizona Masons to Honor George Washington Memorial
Arizona Masons plan a national event in Alexandria Virginia with Tuc son and Art figures including Harry 4 Drachmasa Arizona deputy of the supreme council of Scottish Rite Masons to lay the George Washington Memorial cornerstone. The project by Alexandria Washington Lodge No 22 aims to create a granite memorial of 230 by 166 feet with a 200 foot observation tower on a 32 acre park costing 4 million dollars. The memorial will house priceless relics including Washingtons 1795 cornerstone trowel and Williams 1794 portrait with plans by Helms Corbett and Osgood to serve as a rallying center for Masons nationwide.
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Tucson
Art
Harry 4
Drachmasa
Arizona
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Masons
George Washington
Alexandria
Gathber
Baetory of
America
Owhman
F the
Supreme Council
George Washingate
Alexandria-Washingto No 22
Potomac River
Willame
Mount Vernon
Greece
Rome
Washi
Syington Lodge No. 22
Wash
Washington
Alexandria Lodge
United States
Capitol
Washington, D. C
Williams
Phaemnia Weabbnaten Beeen No
General Washington
Alexandria-Washington
A. FF
A. M
Alexandra
Wren Designed Oxford Old Ashmolean and Royal Society Roots
During the Wren celebration focus on St Pauls and London churches. Note he designed the Old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford the first public natural history museum. It stood near the Sheldonian theatre where early Royal Society meetings were held. Wren once served as its president.
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Wren
Science Museum
St. Paul's
London
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford
Sheldonian Theater
The
Royal Society
Christopher Wren
Two Barrels of Whiskey and Library Buried Under Fort Mohave Ruins
A Civil War era relic tale recalls two barrels of Mentucky whiskey, several cases of old wine, and a valuable library buried beneath the Fort Mohave commissary. Peter Brady, a government employee, hid the items to preserve the post’s books when authorities planned to abandon the fort. The underground storeroom remains undiscovered beside the Beale Crossing navigation head.
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Fort Mohave
Artesna
Peter BR. Brady
Brady
Commisnery
Aving & Foaches
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Grand Rapids, Mich
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Memorial Association
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