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George Washington, Freemason President, Hattie Burdett, 1932, Property of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial
One of the first things a man learns when he joins Freemasonry is that George Washington was also a member. Often a depiction of Washington as Freemason is the most prominent image in Masonic building. Washington’s membership in the Craft (as Freemasonry is also called) has been celebrated since at least 1778. Many Masonic books,
George Washington: Freemason and Founding Father Exhibition, The National Heritage Museum, 2005
I joined Freemasonry in 1998 in Malta Lodge No. 318 in Burlington Iowa. A year later I became the curator at the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, Massachusetts (now known as the Scottish Rite Museum and Library Home – Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library (srmml.org) My first careful study of Washington the
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, VA
In January 2006 I began a new position as the Director of Collections at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. As the “historian in residence” it is my duty to know all there is to know about Washington’s membership in, and relationship to, Freemasonry. Yet, it was more than seven years before I realized