‘Washington Bible in Illinois’

    

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The George Washington Inaugural Bible, owned by St. John’s Lodge 1 in New York City, will be on public display Sunday in Illinois.

Perhaps not since the early Mormons settled in Illinois in the 1840s has so significant a Masonic VSL been seen there, but the George Washington Inaugural Bible will be put on public display Sunday at Euclid Lodge 65.

Euclid 65 was set to labor October 2, 1849, and to mark its 175th anniversary, the lodge will host an open house from 11 a.m. to three in the afternoon. The lodge is located at 31 West Jefferson Avenue in Naperville.

As you know, the historic Bible is owned by St. John’s Lodge 1 in New York City. It was this lodge that provided this KJV Bible, printed in 1767, to the inauguration of President George Washington in Manhattan April 30, 1789. You can read about that here.

The lodge shares this national treasure by occasionally honoring requests to exhibit it around the country.

Read Euclid Lodge’s history here.