Masonic Temple in Alexandria

We went to the Masonic Temple on Saturday. It was raining so we didn't take any pictures of the outside building structure which is really interesting looking, but here are a few of the pictures of the inside. We enjoyed our tour and learned a little more about Masons.

This is a view from the top of the look out tower at the top of the 9 stories. About 1/3 through the picture starting from the left you can see the Washington Monument and at about 2/3 to 3/4 through the picture you can see the Capitol building. We thought it was neat looking from the storm and that it looked like Babylon.


This the the grounds in front of the building. They were very beautiful and shockingly green for mid November. The G in the middle stands for God or Geometry depending on which Mason you speak with. Surrounding that is the compass and the square which are kind of they signature tools it seems.


Mason's can belong to any religion. In the temple, different floors were decorated by different religions within the group. This particular floor had scenes from the Old and New Testament. This is a representation of the Holy of Holies from Solomon's temple. Above the door there is Hebrew. It is supposed to say "Holiness to the Lord", but since it is for the public it is purposefully wrong and says "Holiness to a made up word". They have the correct way in the Lodge room that they use to teach the Masons.



This is a picture of Solomon's temple. It represents that on the outside we are not perfect, but within each of us there is something special. Off to the side of this there was a picture of the sacred place that represents the special place that each of us have within us.


This is Wendi by a knight. Jason was the photographer today.


Here is an apron. They wear aprons and this chain around their necks. If you look at George Washington in pictures he is wearing his Masonic apron and necklace frequently which I had never noticed. On it there is the all seeing eye in the middle, the compass and the square which are one of the main tools used by the Masons. There are worlds on pedestals. One represents the terrestrial world and the other the Celestial world. There are a lot more on it, but I don't remember and you can't see them in the picture anyways.