Panoramic Photo: Grand Mound Lodge #3 Memorial Dedication Ceremony (1941)
Entry/Object ID
2024.13.1
Description
Panoramic Photo: Grand Mound Lodge #3 Memorial Dedication Ceremony (May 3, 1941)
FIC and voted into the Permanent Collection by Collections Committee on 7/1/24
Collection
Found in Collection
Made/Created
Date made
May 3, 1941
Dimensions
Height
6 in
Width
10 in
Research Notes
Research Type
Curator
Person
Chelsea Hansen
Date
Feb 11, 2025
Notes
Posted on the Washington Masonic Library & Museum Facebook Page:
Want to open a World War II era time capsule with us?
At the Library & Museum, several time capsules once laid by Freemasons throughout Washington in cornerstone-laying ceremonies are now housed in our archives, including this one laid on May 3,1941 at a memorial to Grand Mound Lodge No.3.
Grand Mound Lodge No.3 (chartered 1858) was one of the founding Lodges of the Grand Lodge of Washington. It was a military Lodge located inside Fort Henness in Grand Mound, Washington, where 240 American settlers lived for over a year during the Puget Sound War (1855-1856). Grand Mound Lodge surrendered its charter in 1868.
Some of the treasures placed inside included WWII National Defense stamps and tokens, a cut of wood said to be from the original Grand Mound Lodge No.3, and a handwritten letter from the Masons who laid the cornerstone. The memorial was rededicated in 2010, and the original time capsule was removed and brought to the Library & Museum.
Thank you to the Washington State Library for providing a high-resolution scan of this illustration of Fort Henness, located in 'From Grand Mound to Scatter Creek' by David James (1980).
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