The Lodge Builder: George Washington's Birthday by Bro Ed Halpaus

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." George Washington

"Today, if I get this sent in time, is February 29th, the last day of the month in which Freemasons traditionally commemorate the birth of our Brother and first President of the United States, George Washington.

Brother Washington's life has been studied and written about for so many years, (February 22, 2009 will be the 277th anniversary of his accepted birth date,) that there is very little, if anything, about his life that is not well known by most Americans. However, recently http://liberty- tree.ca sent out a quote attributed to Brother Washington that was new to me.

When we read in some of the old reliable books that almost every Masonic Lodge has in it's library for reference books, such as Mackey's revised Encyclopedia of Freemasonry or in Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia, we can look up information about the Illuminati, which was a relatively short lived group, and which is unfortunately linked to Freemasonry by some, if not many, of our critics and enemies. Well this quote from Brother Washington is one where he had something to say about the Illuminati, here's the quote:

"It is not my intention to doubt that the doctrine of the Illuminati and the principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more satisfied of this fact than I am.The idea that I meant to convey, was, that I did not believe that the Lodges of Free Masons in this Country had, as Societies, endeavored to propagate the diabolical tenets of the first, or pernicious principles of the latter (if they are susceptible of separation). That Individuals of them may have done it, or that the founder, or instrument employed to found, the Democratic Societies in the United States, may have had these objects; and actually had a separation of the People from their Government in view, is too evident to be questioned."

George Washington (1732-1799) Freemason. Source: Letter to George Washington Snyder, October 24, 1798, Mount Vernon. Washington acknowledged that the Illuminati had begun actively recruiting members from within the American lodges of Freemasonry.

"There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation." George Washington"

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