Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover — born August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa — was a mining engineer, humanitarian relief organizer, and Secretary of Commerce before serving as the 31st President of the United States from March 1929 through March 1933. He died October 20, 1964, in New York City at age ninety.

Dedication of the GW Masonic Memorial, May 12, 1932

On May 12, 1932, during the official celebrations of the bicentennial of George Washington Person George Washington b. 1732 · d. 1799 Planter, military commander, and first President of the United States. Master of Mount Vernon from 1761 until his death in 1799, and a regular presence in Alexandria, which he … ’s birth, Hoover delivered the formal dedication address at the 101 Callahan Drive Place 101 Callahan Drive A 333-foot granite tower atop Shuter's Hill, completed 1932 by Freemasons across the United States to honor as Charter Master of . Conceived after an 1871 fire at the lodge's Old … on Shuter’s Hill. He was joined on the platform by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and by Masons from every U.S. grand lodge. Construction of the 333-foot granite tower had taken nine years from Calvin Coolidge Person Calvin Coolidge b. 1872 · d. 1933 30th President of the United States (1923–1929) and a Freemason. On November 1, 1923, before a crowd of roughly 14,000, Coolidge laid the cornerstone of the on Shuter's Hill using … ’s 1923 cornerstone ceremony and was funded entirely by Masonic lodge contributions across the country ^[1] Source 1 GWMNMA — "A Brief History" Website .

Hoover was not himself a Mason; he attended the dedication as President. The interior of the Memorial would continue to be completed in stages for the next four decades, with the bronze statue of Washington in Memorial Hall later dedicated by Harry Truman Person Harry Truman b. 1884 · d. 1972 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953) and a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri — one of the most active Freemasons ever to hold the office. Truman dedicated … .