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President Washington joins in a procession to lay the Capitol cornerstone in a Masonic ceremony, 1793

President Washington joins in a procession to lay the Capitol cornerstone in a Masonic ceremony, 1793

 

President Washington joins in a procession to lay the Capitol cornerstone in a Masonic ceremony, 1793.

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