dChan - Q Origins Project Archive

a cool Gee Whiz fact about the construction of our Buildings in DC:

On September 18, 1793, President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol. A Virginia newspaper, the Alexandria Gazette, recorded how Washington crossed the Potomac and was met by two brass bands, a volunteer artillery company, and a delegation of Masons in full regalia. They accompanied him in the first parade held in Washington, D.C.—a grand procession from the construction site of the White House to the construction site for the U.S. Capitol.

We know from that newspaper article, and from Masonic ritual, that Washington placed an inscribed silver plate under the cornerstone at the southeast corner of this building. However, we do not know whether that meant the southeast corner of the Senate wing, the first section of the building to be completed, or the southeast corner of the whole building as intended, which would locate it over on the House side. More than two centuries later, the Architect of the Capitol is still searching for that cornerstone. Metal detectors have failed to locate the silver plate.

Regardless of where the cornerstone may be found, the significance of that event was the personal interest that George Washington and other federal leaders took in this building. They were conscious of creating a republic amid a world of monarchies, and they turned to the ancient Roman republic as a model, to make the fledgling government look more impressive. In that spirit, they renamed Jenkins Hill as Capitoline Hill—soon shortened to Capitol Hill. On the draft plans for the city, Thomas Jefferson also crossed out “Congress Hall”—as the meeting place for Congress was called in Philadelphia—and wrote “Capitol” instead. At the time, the federal government was situated in Philadelphia, a city of brick, but Washington wanted a classical style for the new capital city that would be named for him, with buildings constructed in stone.

The story goes on and can be read here https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/George_Washington_Lays_Capitol_Cornerstone.htm

But what I find interesting s that this hidden cornerstone was inscribed. As customary, it would have been inscribed with many things including THE OWNER. It was funded with taxpayer money. I bet all of the buildings were handled in this manner.

We have been discussing the corporation of DC and 10 square miles since inauguration, these cornerstones, and maybe keystones, would be inscribed with the name of the owner of that asset.