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WASHINGTON & FREEMASONRY
GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, ALEXANDRIA, VA
FREDERICKSBURG LODGE 4, A.F & A.M., FREDERICKSBURG, VA
ALEXANDRIA – WASHINGTON LODGE 22, A.F & A.M., ALEXANDRIA, VA
HOLLAND LODGE 8, F. &A.M., NEW YORK, NY
BASIC WASHINGTON SITES
GEORGE WASHINGTON PAPERS, UNIV. OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION, FREDERICKSBURG, VA
GEORGE WASHINGTON PAPERS AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MOUNT VERNON
WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS STATE HISTORIC SITE, NEWBURGH, NY
FRAUNCES TAVERN MUSEUM, NEW YORK, NY
THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
NATIONAL PARKS
FORT NECESSITY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, FARMINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
GEORGE WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL MONUMENT, COLONIAL BEACH, VIRGINIA
MORRISTOWN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY
VALLEY FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA
YORKTOWN BATTLEFIELD, VIRGINIA
Recommended Reading
MASONIC BOOKS
- William Moseley Brown, George Washington, Freemason. Richmond: Garrett & Massie, 1952.
- Charles H. Callahan, Washington, the Man and the Mason. Washington DC: Press of Gibson Bros., 1913.
- Sidney Hayden, Washington and his Masonic Compeers. New York: Masonic Publishing and Manufacturing Co., 1866.
- Christopher Hodapp, Solomon’s Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington D.C. Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Pres, 2006.
- John J. Lanier, Washington, the Great American Mason. New York, Macoy Pub. & Masonic Supply Co., c 1922.
- Allen E. Roberts, G. Washington, Master Mason. Richmond, VA: Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co., 1976.
- Julius F. Sachse, Washington’s Masonic correspondence: as found among the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress. Philadelphia, New Era Printing Co., 1915
- J. Hugo Tatsch, The Facts About George Washington as a Freemason. NY: Macoy Publishing Co., 1932.
NON-MASONIC BIOGRAPHIES
- Richard Brookhiser, Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
- Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life. New York: Penguin Books, 2010.
- Joseph J. Ellis, His Excellency: George Washington New York: Vintage Press, 2005.
- James Thomas Flexner, George Washington, 4 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, 1965-1972.
- David Humphreys, David Humphreys’ Life of General Washington with George Washington’s “Remarks.” Ed. Rosemarie Zagarri. Athens: University of Georgia, 1991.
- Peter R. Henriques, Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006.
SPECIAL TOPICS
- Gerald E. Kahler, The Long Farewell: Americans Mourn the Death of George Washington. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008.
- Edward G. Lengel, General George Washington: A Military Life. New York: Random House, 2005.
______________ , Inventing George Washington: America’s Founder in Myth & Memory. New York: Harper Collins, 2011. - Longmore, The Invention of George Washington. Charlottesville: Univ. of Virginia Press, 1999.
- Jeffry H. Morrison, The Political Philosophy of George Washington. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
- Dave R. Palmer, George Washington’s Military Genius. Washington DC: Regnery, 2012.
_____________. George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots. Washington DC: Regnery, 2006. - James Rees and Stephen J. Spignesi, George Washington’s Leadership Lessons: What the Father of Our Country Can Teach Us About Effective Leadership and Character. Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Son, 2007.
- Mary V. Thompson, “In the Hands of Good Providence”: Religion in the Life of George Washington. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008.