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This Trowell the property of
ALEXANDRIA WASHINGTON LODGE N° 22 A.F & A.M
was used by General George Washington
September 18th 1793 to lay the Corner Stone
of the Capitol of the United States of
America at Washington DC.
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This trowel was first used by General Washing-
ton at the laying of the corner store of the Na-
tional Capitol in 1793. It was used a second time
for the laying of the corner stone of the Smith-
sonian Institution in 1846, and shortly afterward
for the laying of the corner stone of the Wash-
ington Monument on July 4, 1848. It was used
by President Roosevelt in 1907 for the laying of
the corner stone of the Masonic Temple in Wash-
ington, D. C., and, on November 1, 1923, at the
laying of the corner stone of the George Wash-
ington Masonic National Memorial at Alexandria.
Va., by Acting Grand Master (since Grand Mas-
ter) Charles H. Callahan of Virginia, assisted by
the President of the United States and repre-
sentatives of Grand Lodges throughout the United
States.
Copyright, 1929, by Alexandria Washington Lodge
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