Masonic cornerstone ceremonies in American public architecture

Citations (3)

• First Cornerstone whole source

  Official source for the 1793 U.S. Capitol cornerstone ceremony and its Masonic direction.

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• Cornerstone Ceremony whole source

  Masonic source explaining public cornerstone ceremonies, northeast corner placement, square, level, plumb, corn, wine, and oil.

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• Masonic Cornerstone whole source

  Museum source on the Masonic cornerstone tradition for public buildings, courthouses, city halls, and government structures.

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Appears in 2 stories

• Courts, Masonic ritual, and the strawman pseudolaw myth step 4
• Empire, America, and the Craft step 27

Linked events (2)

• this part of Masonic lodges lay courthouse cornerstones as public civic ceremonies
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• Washington lays the US Capitol cornerstone in a Masonic ceremony enabled this
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