(by Kevin Dauray, Zebra, January 26, 2023)
The George Washington Birthday Parade in Alexandria is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 20 from 1-3 p.m. An annual tradition to honor the first president, a Founding Father, and an Alexandrian, this year’s edition will highlight the 100th anniversary of the memorial named for him.
According to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, the George Washington National Masonic Memorial was “[l]argely constructed between 1922 and 1932 with many of the major interior spaces left unfinished until the decades following World War II,”
In August of 2015, the tower – designed in the neoclassical style, according to The Washington Post – was designated a national historic landmark by the United States Government.
One thousand Freemasons from across the country will be in attendance for the event. The parade start is located at the intersection of Pendleton St. and King St. See the route map HERE and the assembly map HERE. At the parade’s conclusion, the group will take part in, what a press release by the George Washington Birthday Celebration Committee (GWBCC) calls the Centennial Cornerstone Ceremony.
That press release includes the words of historian and Freemason Mark Tabbert, who wrote: “More than 15,000 people came to Alexandria in 1923 to place a cornerstone and to dedicate our city’s memorial in honor of George Washington and his virtues.
“One hundred years later, we return to lay a new cornerstone that…
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In August of 2015, the tower – designed in the neoclassical style, according to The Washington Post – was designated a national historic landmark by the United States Government.
One thousand Freemasons from across the country will be in attendance for the event. The parade start is located at the intersection of Pendleton St. and King St. See the route map HERE and the assembly map HERE. At the parade’s conclusion, the group will take part in, what a press release by the George Washington Birthday Celebration Committee (GWBCC) calls the Centennial Cornerstone Ceremony.
That press release includes the words of historian and Freemason Mark Tabbert, who wrote: “More than 15,000 people came to Alexandria in 1923 to place a cornerstone and to dedicate our city’s memorial in honor of George Washington and his virtues.
“One hundred years later, we return to lay a new cornerstone that…
read more:
That press release includes the words of historian and Freemason Mark Tabbert, who wrote: “More than 15,000 people came to Alexandria in 1923 to place a cornerstone and to dedicate our city’s memorial in honor of George Washington and his virtues.
“One hundred years later, we return to lay a new cornerstone that…
read more:
