UPDATE: December 2022
A 600+ page book devoted to the George Washington Masonic Cave is available at Amazon.com and select retailers.
Published by Westphalia Press, it can be purchased as either a greyscale version or a full-color version. There is also a full-color Kindle version.
Read the book’s Intro here for free.
Watch a cave exploration YouTube video at: AQUACHIGGER!!!
For questions/comments, media inquiries, interest in book signing events, presentations, etc., please contact the author directly at: emaildoctorj@yahoo.com
Research findings thoroughly elucidated in Brought to Light show that:
- George Washington entered the Cave on multiple occurrences, and it was a place of some importance to him. Direct, primary evidence of this fact comes from a letter GW wrote to a friend in 1761.
- Early in his life, GW personally surveyed the land historically attached to the Masonic Cave. However, due to an oversight on his part, Washington’s survey has wholly been neglected by historians (until now).
- A body of circumstantial evidence suggests the Cave was used for unchartered Masonic lodge meetings by George Washington, two of his full brothers, and other close allies during the French and Indian War. There is documentation these same men—a group of nine—purchased the Cave shortly before the Revolutionary War. These Cave owners went on to become significant instigators in the American rebellion.
- Multiple generals and other officers in Washington’s army stopped by the Cave during the Revolutionary War, and a top-ranking Freemason and general from Philadelphia served as the cavern’s overseer during the war. This suggests the limestone grotto may have served as an unofficial meeting place far from the battlefields but close at hand to Washington’s most trusted confidants and brothers (both biological and fraternal).
- While there is no direct or circumstantial evidence that the “G Washington 1748” carving on the Cave’s back wall is genuine, there are logical reasons why it may very well be. Intriguing visual comparisons are made between the wall carving at Charles Town and known samples of Washington’s handwriting as a teenager.
- The Cave was discreetly handed down through the bloodline of a forgotten godson of George Washington during the 1800s. Letters connecting the Cave directly to the Washington family at Mount Vernon have been realized for what they are.
- A bespoke relic that belonged to George Washington is tied to the Cave and the local Freemasons. Although once thought to be lost but recently “rediscovered,” this national treasure highlights the entire narrative of Washington’s associations with the ancient fraternity and his quest for a democratic republic instilled with civil liberties, especially religious freedom.
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