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A friend sends along the full text of the silver plaque found in the cornerstone of the statehouse of Massachusetts, noting that its Masonic character was somehow missing from the news coverage:

This Corner Stone of a building

intended for the use of the Legislative

and Executive Branches of Government

of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

was laid by

His Excellency SAMUEL ADAMS, Esq

Governor of said Commonwealth

Assisted by the Most Worshipful PAUL REVERE

Grand Master

and the Right Worshipful William Scollay,

Deputy Grand Master,

the Grand Wardens and Bretheren

of the GRAND LODGE of Massachusetts

on the 4th day of JULY

An. Dom. 1795

A.L. 5795

Being the 20th anniversary of American Independence

UPDATE

The cornerstone of the US Capitol, and the White House, and who knows what else, were also laid in Masonic ceremonies. There is also the Masonic Bible, used in the inaugurations of Washington, Harding, Eisenhower, Clinton, and Bush I. Bush II wanted to use it, but was not able to do so.

2:36 pm on January 8, 2015

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.