Image: Of a Washington Masonic License Plate. Signed by GM John D. McNab and Washington Governor Gary Locke (2004)

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Washington Masonic Services - Library & Museum

Name/Title

Image: Of a Washington Masonic License Plate. Signed by GM John D. McNab and Washington Governor Gary Locke (2004)

Entry/Object ID

2023.52.1

Description

Image of license plate: signed by GM John McNab and Governor Locke in the Governors office on March 22, 2004 in the Governors Office. This was signed to commemorate when Masonic License plates were officially approved by the state of Washington.

Made/Created

Date made

Mar 22, 2004

Research Notes

Research Type

Facebook Post

Person

Chelsea Hansen

Date

Mar 22, 2025

Notes

#OTD: On March 22, 2004 Governor Gary Locke (1997-2005) and Grand Master John D. McNab (2003-2004) signed this mockup of the newly created Masonic license plate. In the Department of Licensing, it is referred to as the "Helping Kids Speak" license plate. That year, the Washington State Legislature passed RW 46.04.196, which states: "Helping Kids Speak license plates" means license plates that display a symbol of an organization that supports programs that provide free diagnostic and therapeutic services to children who have a severe delay in language or speech development. The "Helping Kids Speak" license plate was the first license plate in Washington State to display the symbols of a particular organization. A portion of the proceeds is donated to Early Life Speech & Language (an organization founded by Scottish Rite), to support their early intervention speech therapy efforts. Do you have a Washington Masonic license plate?

Create Date

September 21, 2023