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The interior of the Old Lodge in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1907-1914. Caption reads: "East View of Alexandria Washington Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M., of Alexandria, Va., as it is today. This lodge was first instituted by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, in 1783, and wrought under the Pennsylvania Charter for five years when, upon its surrender, General Washington headed a petition to the Grand Lodge of Virginia for a new Charter, which was granted by Edmund Randolph, G. M., in 1788. Washington became first Master under the Virginia jurisdiction and served two terms."
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