Saturday, October 1, 2011

Senate Chambers

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Senator Henry Clay, Past Grand Master of Kentucky, was instrumental in setting up a meeting of Freemasons held in Washington, DC, on March 9, 1822.  The meeting resulted in a resolution to establish a General Grand Lodge.  Although that body was never formed, the meeting itself is significant in that it is the only Masonic meeting on record ever held in the United States Senate chambers.

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