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i WV CUW%t ? i V V i v?i? k J ? V) ? ~ ? ADDRESS DELIVERED AT WASHINGTON CELEBRATION The following is the address delivered by Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson at the George Washington celebration given by the Daughters American Revolution last Wednesday: If you should ask a child in Eng janQ or in any 01 me uiu nuu>4 tries to give you the names of the three greatest Americans, he would, without hesitation, say. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson. We. as Southerners, claim our George Washington and our Woodrow Wilson?as Daughters of the American Revolution, wnose ancestors struggled for the building of this great Union, we should also be willing to claim as among our greau-st ones, Abraham Lincoln, who is hailed all over the world as the "preserver" of that Union. We can not let our prejudice, born of early Southern teaching, lead us to an unjust estimate of this great American, nor blind us to the fact that he did hold together that which our forbears had united; but today we come, nor to discuss the merits or demerits of our Southern cause, but to celebrate the birthday of the first of these greatest Americans, George Washington, the father of his country and ours, who was born in Westmoreland county, Va., February 22, 17:>2. and died at Mount Vernon, 1799. He was the son of Augustine Washington and his wife, Mary Ball, a wise, good woman, who looked well to the ways of her household. When Washington was only eleven years old his father died, and his rearing was thus left in the hands of his mother. It is my candid opinion, an opinion founded on the study of men of various degrees, that all great men are the sons of their mothers? and I mean this in the broader sense of their having been trained and reared by their mothers, without a father's care. This was rone the less true of this great and good man, some portion of whose life we come to speak of today. His mother lived to see him attain to greatness, to achieve the highest gift of a grateful people, for planting them safely upon their pinnacle of freedom by his prowess of arms and patriotic, fearless statesmanship. It is interesting to us to catch even -i- _r iU. r>r>V>lo 8i gilllipSt1 UI LI1C Jlic ui tn 10 mother of a noble son. Very little is available to me at this time, of her life, and I can do no better than to speak here of her last will and testament made in 1788, and to give the contents of this instrument, in which she makes her illustrious son her executor. This old document was saved for South Carolina by Mrs. W. E. Cannon of the Hartsvilte chapter, D. A. R., who clipped it from an old < ?/ >??* J 4- * / ? VVlQ pAllimhta JTlUgUZilit? illlU scut it lv mic uv/iwinu.? State for publication. It follows: "In the name of God, Amen. I, Mary Washington of Fredericksburg, in the county of Spottsylvania, being in good health, but calling to mind the uncertainty of this life, and (being) willing to dispose of what re mains of my worldly estate, do make and publish this my last will recommending my soul into the hands of my Creator, hoping for a remission of all my sins, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ the Savior of mankind. I dispose of my worldly estate as follows: Imprimis, "I give to my son Gen. Geo. Washington, all my land in Accokeck Run, in the county of Stafford, and also my negro boy George, to him and his heirs forever; al?o my Viao* and Virginia cloth UV. U J v\ w ?? - --0 Item. I give ana devise to my best bed room), my quilted blue and white quilt and my best dressing glass. ' Item. I will give and devise to my son, Charles Washington, my negro man Tom, to him and his heirs for ever. Item. I give and devise to my daiv;hter, Betty Lewis, my phaeton and my bay horse. Item. I give and devise to my daughter-in-law, Hannah Washing+nn mv tmvnle cloth cloak lined with shag. Item. I give and devise to my grandson, Corbin Washington, my negro wench, old Bet, my riding chair and two black horses, to him and his assigns forever. Item. I give and devise to my grandson. Fielding Lewis, my negro man Frederick, to him and his assigns forever; also eight silver tablespoons, half of my crockery ware, and tne blue and white tea china, with book case, oval table, one bedstead, one pair of sheet?, one pair of blankets. and white cotton counterpane, two +aMp flnt.li>: ?iv rprl leather chairs. half my pewter and one-half my kitchen furniture. Item. I give and devise to my grandson, Laurence Lewis, my negro wench Lvdia. to him and his assigns V forever. Item. I give and devise to my grand ?. r? i i _ j daughter, cetxie v arier, my negxt woman, little Bet and her future in I ' crease. to her and her assigns forever; also my largest iotfking jriass. my walnut writing desk ami drawers, a i square (lining table, one bed, bedstead, bolster, one pillow, one blanket and pair of sheets, white Virginia 1 cloth counterpane, and purple euri tains, my red and while tea china. lea spoons and the other half : of mv pewter and crockerv ware and } v !the remainder of my iron kitchen furniture. Item. I give and devise to my grandson, George Washington, my ! next best glass, one bed, bedstead, ' bolster, one nillow. one pair of sheets. one blanket and counterpane. item. I devise all my wearing apparel to be equally divided between my granddaughters, Betlie Carter, Fannie Bail and .Millie Washington, , but should my daughter Bettie Lewis fancy any one or two or three articles, she is to have them before a division thereof. I j Lastly, 1 nominate and appoint my said son, Gen. Goo. Washington, executor of this my will and as I owe ' few or no debts. I direct n * executor I to give no security (nor to) or ap- j praise my estate but desire the same! may be allotted to my devisees with I as little trouble and delay as may be J i desiring their acceptance thereof as' all the token I now have to give of my , love for them, i | Por witness thereof. I have here-' unto set my hand and seal the 20th j day of May, 1TS8. Mary Washington. j Witness, John Ferneyhough. j Signed, sealed and published in the j presence of the said Mary Washington : at her desire. John Mercer. Joseph Walker. j i i ; By this will we are enabled to judge J pretty fairly of her devotion for her j family and of her devout Christian [ character; of her spirit of equity and l fairness and of the order and business' i capacity of her mind; so we can the! better see how she was capable of j training her illustrious son in those1 virtues which meant so much for him j and for our nation, in the days to: come in which he was to stand at the I head of an embryo republic. ; When speaking of Washington's ; mother I would be remiss in my duty; as a woman did 1 not link wifh hers: the name of that other great force j of influence over his life, Martha i Dandrige Custis. She was the daugh-j ter of John Dandridge a wealthy and! Jvifliinnfm) nlontuv n-F VfciVX* W ?> n1 <*nlivi J 111! U VII Lid I UlUtl vV 1 V/X ?? ^ . v vv-" ty, Virginia. She was born .June 21,; 1731. When she was eighteen years of age she was married to Daniel Park Custis, and at the age of 24 j was left wi?ow with several children, and immense estates. All of us j knew of Washington's courtship of j the delightful widow, of their subse- j quent marriage, of the bride's wed-! : ding gown of silvershot, white bro- j cade, over a quilted satin petticoat,' and of their after life at beautiful i Mount Vernon. Even now that old mansion house possesses an indescribable charm for Americans. From it ? . Washington was called to take command of the Continental army, to it he returned after Yorktown. Only 200 acres now remain of the original 8,000, but these are kept in a state of high culture under the auspices of the Mount Vernon Ladies Memorial j association. Xo foreigner touches j ; the shores of America without wish! ing to pay homage to the great Amer-! ' ican at his shrine, the beautiful white j marble sarcophagus on the road lead- J ing to the Potomac river. On the Potomac is another place which was dear to Washington, and very near to Mount Vernon?so near,' in fact, that most of his public activi! ties centered there. This is AlexanI dria, a city rich in historic associai . , tions and teeming with traditionary | lore. Prior to the stirring days of | the Revolution it was considered the i imcriffln mp+rnnnlifc fnr thp British ! * crown. Many of the Old streets are! : j 'paved with Cobblestones, iaid by Hes-: jsian prisoners of war, under the per- j sonal direction of Washington, him1 r self. Among the notable points of (interest in Alexandria may be men-; | tioned the old mansion of Lord; | Thomas Fairfax, still in a decent j istate of preservation; the Carlyle house where gathered the famous I ''Congress of Alexandria," between j j the Colonial governors and the Brit-j ish general, Braddock, and the place! - also where Washington received his! ! first commission. Another place of j | interest is quaint old Christ church , where Washington worshipped, and! ' where the pew that he occupied is; marked with a silver name plate. Old! I Friendship Fire company of which Washington was once a member is i : interesting and the old City hotel, a ' famous hostelry in bygone days, j | from the steps of which Washington ; gave his last military orders. Last,; i but not least, and bearing on a story :I am about to relate, is the old Alex-; andria Washington Masonic lodge of j which George Washington was the j i first worshipful master. This story is - built around a series of pictures sent i I me from Alexandria, by one of my t sons. who is an anienl Mason. ami I who knows thai I also am interested in Masonry. A phase of the life of til's giva: I'l-in rkf n-hi?'h i;rt!(> i< known !iv ? the uninitiated is his lift- as a Mason. ^ ~*\Ye concede that Washington was T a {Treat organizer, and we recognize the fact that a man who could found ^ this great nation of ours could no less he founder of a great patriotic organization as the Order of the Cincinnati, which was composed of officers of ihe ? American Revolution, and which means so much to us as Daughters of n the American Revolution; but many n of us are not aware of the fact that f< hi* jilso founded Masonic lodges, not ri Vmi+ CloiifVi a ml i n.n (1 III v 11 K/ui in >??v v* v ?? as well. "George Washington was in- e itiated and entered apprentice in Ma- b sonry Nov. 4th, passed to Fel- c< low Craft, March 3rd, 17i>3. raised to the Sublime Degree of a M ister Ma- jjson Aug. 4, 1753, in Fredericksburg 0 lodge, Va. He was a worshipful mas- t! ter of Alexandria lodge No. 22 when ]) the lodge received its charter from p; the grand master of Virginia April f( 20, 1788. At the laying of the cor- js nerstone of the capitol of the United s} States with Masonic honors Sept. 18. 0: 171*3, George Washington was master at of ceremonies.'' ai The ludge at Alexandria was first tr instituted by the jjrand lodge of Penn- n sylvania at Philadelphia in 178.'>, and so wrought under the Pennsylvania T charter for five years. When, upon the surrender of its charter to the ViPennsylvania grand lodge, General Washington headed a petition to tne ] grand lodge of Virginia for a new f, charter which was granted by E<1- a rnund Randolph, G. M., in 17S8, e' Washington became first master un- o der the Virginia jurisdiction and se7-ved two years, and right here I will read a clipping from today's State which gives tardy honor to Washington as a Mason, the dispatch corning c, from Washington City: ; "Approval of final plans for a mag- n, nificent building in honor to Washinston to be erected by the Masons f\ of the United States at Arlington, +( Va.?seven miles from here on a ridge +} commanding a view of the capital, ^ was given tonight at the 12th annual meeting of the George Washington y. National Memorial association. k "The structure and surrounding grounds will cost approximately $2,- h 000,000. Rising 200 feet above the c. ground the memorial building will b2 < ] in nlain view of the national capital, hi 1 ?.-11 V- 1 U.. ~11 TT an CI wn; ue passeu an w uv mam w. the pilgrimage from Washington to W A A P A T< K c A* perfon wonderful e are already standing pr the good M In other wc f i? /-I ^ i rv I i 4 his car?plu them partic Touring Car - $885 F Carolln _ _ ^S??T,Wsj?2?j^E 428 i VI 1 i ESssssss s i he Mount Vernon horn; of '.he 1 h? i- of Hit* Country.* "The p!'0?>u.se<i memorial. with olleotion of Washington heirlooi To be The result <>f a movement ' t'.n more than years ago by i Iar onic lodge a*. Alexandria of wh Washington at one time was mast 'he lodge now known as A!e>"-indr Vashington lodge No. 22, A. F. a M.. was lodge No. :>ii in Washii >n's days. Among- its souvenirs le first president is a letter in 1 \vn hand written at Mount Verm ''Primarily the building is to be * UV..l: L 4. lemoria! to ueorge \\ zYnuigivu. i lan and Mason. The plan of !>rm was inspired by the great men ial monuments built In the ancie ays of Greece and Rome at hart ntrances and some whose sunimi urning flares pointed the wiy ro jming mariners." Preserved in the Alexandria Was !<Tton. lodge No. 22 are many rel: f Washington and his times. Aino lem is a rare portrait of Washing i his Masonic regalia. This \\ minted by Williams of I'hi la lelph >r Alexandria Washington lodge. nrnSi.hlv thf? onlv authentic wo r - w lowing* him in advanced years. A ther picture represents Washing ; the altar wearing his own sash a jron. The sash and apron shown ic pictures were inherited by } pphew, Lawrence Lewis, who pi >1 i 1 o 1 nteri tnem to ine jouge ir: ioi hey are carefully preserved. In the lodge room is the chair huh Washington sat when he pi <]"d over the lodge during the ve; 788-1789, and was in constant u r 117 years. It is now kept urul .".lass case and is used only on sp o.-casions such as the installati ' officers or for distinguished ?ues T;i 1 original desks and benches old lodge are still preserved, al e lesser lights, which were used :o laying of the corner stone of t ivtc I and at Washington's funer: Washington's trowel has been us i many important occasions, t o?t notable being at the laying i corner stone of our nation's ca] } by George Washington in 172 e Ir-yin.;- of the corner stone i!?hington's monument in 1848, ai hying of the corner stone cf t '.' () ic temple fni Washington, D. ( Theodore Roosevelt in 1907. When Gen. "Washington died at } :o at Mount Vernon, there stoi 1 a shelf in his room a veneral: ck, whose ham's point the time ? nth, 20 minutes after ten. I :;-hn C. Dick, master of Alexandi "a^hington lodge at that time, a: 4 ^ .ion< n-r*i "V legree of reliable, savi mance of the first or< ^ase of riding and driv firmlv established < / operties of the New axwelL >rds, these fine cars ei :ies which every mar is a beauty of design v* * uiar distinction. Roadster - $885 Sedan - $1485 . 0. B. Detroit, revenue tax to be added ia A uto Co V; ' 5555^"^^^ ^7'he Good '/\ v\/ A V. f V . A 1 ... f 1* a- one of the attending physicians, cut j the penduium cord that night and ; i 1 its stopped the old time piece at the in- ! ns, stan: that Washington's noble soul j be- took its flight. Three days later Mrs. 1 I he .Martha Washington presented the . I..U t<> tVio IriJtrr. Thi? unfipnt heir-' ' " v > " """ - i 1 cr. ' loom is hold a sacred trust by the j i;t- lodge, also ail hour glass which flank? ; nd the clock on its right. j vj:- Another lodge which is said to have j of been founded by Washington and over: his which this eminent Mason presided j jn. still functions at Williamsburg, Va. , a This is said to be the oldest Masonic j jle lodge in Virginia and I do not doubt j jts it as around Williamsburg clustered j much culture and refinement, but 1 ; ,n+ can .not vouch for the authenticity of l0r this. Certain it is, however, that in J to'jthi s old iouge is also preserved a chair j ! jM_ in which Washington sat when he pre- j Isihed over its deliberations. Certain! tj,_ it is, also, that at a much earlier date ! ; th:v. 1788, or than his later residence ne~r Alexandria, and in Colonial days " lion ni!v wnc :it W1115?> ms.hury I on """" v'v" v he lived there, and 1 have been in the old Wvthe house which was his home, ia, j but I am unable to give you any defi- j , nite information in regard to the old | rk w lodge. nVvhon Washington made his famous on , visit to bouth Carolina in 1791 he rul crossed the state twice over new roads; m Km J4- Vv-* f ^ f ^ -f s\ ?* In \ c i /j rl i AJUiiL l.*V Lilt I VI UIO litiivv., j He was met in Georgetown and at the ; 0 Savannah river by the highest d.'gni-j taries of our state. He was feted and ! banqueted on every hand. A great J in ball was given for him in Charleston i e' at which my own great grandmother,; j VQ . Susan Johnson Cox, danced, robed in | S( a heavy white silk gown gorgeously cl limKrr.i/ldrwl hv her nwn hand, with ,e" butterflies and roses. But in the on midst of all this adulation and all this t-Q # L " gjyety, he was able to step aside to perform an office for Masonry?so to 50 Winnsboro he went, and^ the Masonic; lodge there has the honor of having! been founded by this greatest AmerLl' iean Mason. ed , We have barely touched on Washhe ington as a soldier, a statesman, a j of patriot or a private individual, yet! 3i-i on this day I am unwilling to clos;.* j 3, my remarks without an estimate of I of his character. This I shall do in the' ? 1 "'am/1-. r\-P X-4 A vmH in Vi 1 2 1 II U ; WV l U ?> u; llCUl ^ nill.vi. 111 i * 4 -? j he : oration delivered at Valley Forge j 2., June 19, 187S: | I J "A soldier, subordinating the miii- i tary to the r ivil power, a dictator, a5? ^ mindful of the rights of the Tories as: ,ll(> of the wrongs of the Whigs; a states- j ?f man, commanding a revolutionary ar-j >r- my; a patriot, forgetful of nothing ia rid (Continued on Page 6) { ? i I % mjmttt.i . muwia ! i WUJU .?l*JL:wm I i i i i / ng service? ier; and a ing?these is the out' O . _ _ ? r series 01 j nbody the l wants in /hich gives i Coupe - $1385 mpany .... tr~r. fcTWTrtl'^-l II Ml IWII'i MMIWMWgttiBMi ! ' t . - _ ?? 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