Monday, May 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Ladies Day Out to George Washington Masonic Memorial
On Thursday, February 24th, six sisters gathered to tour the George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria. In spite of some traffic we were there before it opened. The memorial was built between 1922 and 1932.
This statue inside the memorial is one of the largest of George Washington.
The portrait below is supposed to be one of the most accurate and least idealized portraits of George Washington.
This chair is one George Washington brought from Mount Vernon for him to use at Masonic meetings in Alexandria. After his death it became the chair for the Grand Master, and even now is used once a year.
This is the actual clock that was in the room when GW died. His doctor was also a mason, and he stopped the clock at the hour of Washington's death.
Our tour guide took us to several of the rooms on the different floors of the memorial. The one below was in honor of the Knights Templar.
This large cup represents the vessel used in Solomon's temple to cleanse the animals before they were sacrificed. We thought it looked familiar.
This was the view from the observation tower at the top of the memorial. This is King street in Alexandria that leads to the Potomac River.
We learned lots about George Washington and the Masons, and felt like it was a day well spent.
This statue inside the memorial is one of the largest of George Washington.
The portrait below is supposed to be one of the most accurate and least idealized portraits of George Washington.
This chair is one George Washington brought from Mount Vernon for him to use at Masonic meetings in Alexandria. After his death it became the chair for the Grand Master, and even now is used once a year.
This is the actual clock that was in the room when GW died. His doctor was also a mason, and he stopped the clock at the hour of Washington's death.
Our tour guide took us to several of the rooms on the different floors of the memorial. The one below was in honor of the Knights Templar.
This large cup represents the vessel used in Solomon's temple to cleanse the animals before they were sacrificed. We thought it looked familiar.
This was the view from the observation tower at the top of the memorial. This is King street in Alexandria that leads to the Potomac River.
We learned lots about George Washington and the Masons, and felt like it was a day well spent.Thursday, February 17, 2011
Ladies Day Out to Washington National Cathedral
On January 31st, seven sisters gathered to tour the Washington National Cathedral and to hear a short talk and demonstration on the cathedral organ. We learned that besides Woodrow Wilson, Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan are interred at the cathedral. We also made an unscheduled stop at Georgetown Cupcakes, since we were driving right by the shop and saw there wasn't a line. We had a really fun day.
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