Grand Lodge of England Founded
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- The Seeker's Guide to The Secret Teachings of All Ages pp. 115-118 · open book
in 1717, that the Grand Lodge of England actually emerged aboveground
- History of Freemasonry whole source
Masonic institutional source for medieval stonemason roots, the 1717 Grand Lodge, and the 1723 Constitutions.
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Consequences
what this set in motion, following the causal links
- preceded Washington lays the US Capitol cornerstone in a Masonic ceremony 1793 Speculative Freemasonry predates the American public-building cornerstone tradition.
- enabled Masonic cornerstone ceremonies in American public architecture 1793 The Capitol ceremony became a reference point for later Masonic cornerstone ceremonies.