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Magpie file photo Bryant Baker’s seventeen-foot bronze of Bro. Washington greets visitors to the Memorial. |
Somehow it’s hard to think of February, but it’ll be here soon. On the twenty-second of that month—George Washington’s birthday—the George Washington Masonic National Memorial will rededicate its famous statue of America’s most celebrated Freemason on the seventy-fifth anniversary of its unveiling. From the publicity:
On February 22, 2025, the statue of George Washington in Memorial Hall at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial will be rededicated—75 years to the day it was originally dedicated by President (and Most Worshipful Brother) Harry Truman. The speaker for the 75th anniversary dedication will be President Truman’s grandson, Ill. Brother Clifton Truman Daniel, 33ยบ.
The rededication will begin at 2 p.m. in the theater of the Memorial. Shortly thereafter, attendees will move to Memorial Hall for brief remarks.
With the statue being the gift of the Order of DeMolay, it is appropriate that a multi-jurisdictional DeMolay initiation (both degrees) will be held at 10 a.m. that day in the North Lodge Room at the Memorial. Following the initiation, lunch (by advance reservation only on the form on the Memorial’s website) will be held at the Valley of Alexandria Scottish Rite building (1460 West Braddock Road, Alexandria) within a couple of miles of the Memorial. For more information about the initiation, please contact Virginia Executive Officer Rick Young here. If planning to attend the initiation, please indicate so on the registration form.
A display of materials related to the original dedication and the statue’s creator will be available for review.
Dress for the day is coat and tie.
Please note: The Memorial’s annual George Washington Birthday Gala will be held beginning at 5 p.m. that day. Please help us prepare for that event by leaving the Memorial as quickly as possible after the rededication.
Read all about it here, as there are important details regarding registration and other logistics.
