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Cornerstones and Stones
Patmos Lodge did not participate in the cornerstone laying of the B&O Railroad on July 4, 1876, in Baltimore. It did, however, make its contribution to this great new American enterprise when it laid the cornerstone of the B&O viaduct over the Fredericktown Turnpike Road on July 4, 1829. The cornerstone is still visible today, with its inscription “A.D. 1829, A.L. 5829.” The event was preserved in a report in The Gazette, which reported:
. . . the Masonic fraternity of Ellicott’s Mills formed themselves in procession, accompanied by the Grand Lodge of Maryland, and proceeded from the Lodge Room to the cornerstone. At Thomas’s Tavern they were joined by Captain McNeil on the part of the Board of Engineers, and Caspar W. Weaver, Esq., Superintendent of construction.… the Master having concluded [the ceremonies], the usual invocation was made, and the corn, wine and oil poured upon the granite.… the Masonic fraternity with their invited guests then adjourned to Thomas’s Hotel.
Patmos Lodge contributed a carved rough granite stone to the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., dated February 22, 1852 It is inside the monument at the 120 foot level at the tenth landing and can be seen by tourists having permission from the National Park Service to walk down the stairs of the monument.
Patmos Lodge did not participate in the cornerstone laying of the B&O Railroad on July 4, 1876, in Baltimore. It did, however, make its contribution to this great new American enterprise when it laid the cornerstone of the B&O viaduct over the Fredericktown Turnpike Road on July 4, 1829. The cornerstone is still visible today, with its inscription “A.D. 1829, A.L. 5829.” The event was preserved in a report in The Gazette, which reported:
. . . the Masonic fraternity of Ellicott’s Mills formed themselves in procession, accompanied by the Grand Lodge of Maryland, and proceeded from the Lodge Room to the cornerstone. At Thomas’s Tavern they were joined by Captain McNeil on the part of the Board of Engineers, and Caspar W. Weaver, Esq., Superintendent of construction.… the Master having concluded [the ceremonies], the usual invocation was made, and the corn, wine and oil poured upon the granite.… the Masonic fraternity with their invited guests then adjourned to Thomas’s Hotel.
Patmos Lodge contributed a carved rough granite stone to the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., dated February 22, 1852 It is inside the monument at the 120 foot level at the tenth landing and can be seen by tourists having permission from the National Park Service to walk down the stairs of the monument.
