2020 Annual Report of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial

“Masonry Never Stops” mask.
Gift of the Grand Lodge of
New York, Free & Accepted
Masons (2020.010.01). Face
masks were a requirement for
most Masonic meetings in
2020 due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
THE MASONIC DIGITAL ARCHIVES.
The following Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter, Grand Council, and Grand Commandery
proceedings were digitized in 2020:
Massachusetts Missouri New Hampshire Ohio
Michigan Montana New Jersey Oklahoma
Minnesota Nebraska New Mexico Pennsylvania
Mississippi Nevada New York Virginia
The following Grand Lodge collections were added to the Luna Imaging search engine:
Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
The Memorial’s website added new pages introducing the project and organizing the
online collections.
Publications and service to the Craft. In 2020 in-person talks were given to The
Masonic Society and the Conference of Grand Secretaries of North America. Presentations
via internet video conference software to Massachusetts Freemasons of the 3 rd Masonic
District; Scottish Rite Valley of Dayton, Ohio; Lexington Lodge N o - 1, Lexington, Kentucky;
Alexandria-Washington Lodge N o - 22; and the Grand Lodge of California.
Six short video presentations on aspects of Washington’s Masonic membership were
produced for the Memorial’s social media platforms.
One article, “A Temple within a Garden,” appeared in LIGHT, volume 26, issue 1.
I remain thankful for your continued support and look forward to another successful year
in service to the Craft and George Washington.
Mark A. Tabbert
Director of Collections
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