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Freemasons of the Greatest Generation
Americanism
Museum Tours
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Tour information:
Hours of operation
Open Monday through Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Closed for national holidays.
Free daily guided tours: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for full
tours (approximately 90 minutes), but tours can be adjusted
to meet your time limitations. Abbreviated tours are available
from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Address
The Supreme Council, 33°
1733 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009-3103
Nearest Metro
station
Dupont Circle (Red
line)
Area Map
Contact information
Tel. 202-232-3579
Fax 202-464-0487
council@srmason-sj.org
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 Celebrations honoring
veterans of the “Greatest Generation” will
take place between Memorial Day and Labor Day in the Federal
City and throughout the country.
The Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction,
is among the many sponsors or “Cultural Participants” in
these nationwide events. As part of the celebration, the
House of the Temple’s new Americanism Museum, dedicated
on October 5 during the 2003 Biennial Session, will include
a special display of photographs and artifacts related
to well-known military leaders and civilian officers of
WWII who were Freemasons. Among these many items will be
the epic painting “Victory—World War II” by
Ill. John D. Melius, an American flag hand-stitched by
a U.S. soldier in a Japanese POW camp, the insignia of
General MacArthur’s PT boat, and Ill. Audie Murphy’s
dog tags (see image above). In addition, the Richard W.
Pepe Collection of 735 volumes devoted to WWII will be
available
in the
Library
of the Supreme Council. Visitors to the Americanism Museum
will be invited to tour the House of the Temple where permanent
displays relevant to WWII will be highlighted. Among them
are the Scottish
Rite Hall of Honor original oil portraits
of Ill. Bros. Harry S. Truman, Admiral Arleigh A. Burke,
General James H. Doolittle, Grand Cross, and General Douglas
MacArthur.
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