Solomon's Builders · Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington by Hodapp, Christopher -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Acknowledgements Author’s Note Introduction CHAPTER 1 - A Knock at the Door

Freemasonry Defined Solomon’s Builders George Washington

CHAPTER 2 - From Darkness to Light

The Engine of Change The Bloodbath over Religion Utopia

CHAPTER 3 - Freemasonry Before the Revolution

American Freemasonry Wades Ashore Brother Franklin and Pennsylvania The Military Lodges Boston’s Belligerent Brethren “Independency” The Boston Massacre A Consignment of Tea The Final Straw

CHAPTER 4 - War among Brothers

Edmund Burke James Galloway and the Continental Congress Paul Revere’s Ride Dr. Joseph Warren The Military Lodges of the Revolution Major General Gilbert Lafayette Benedict Arnold Society of the Cincinnati Prince Hall and the Masons of African Lodge Masonic State’s Rights

CHAPTER 5 - How the Freemasons Invented America

Creating a Civil Society The Constitution of the Freemasons Get out the Vote Confederation Congress and the Signing of the Constitution Freemasonry and Freedom of Religion Freedom of Assembly

CHAPTER 6 - Solomon’s Builders

L’Enfant Terrible and the Plan The President’s House The Congress House Scriptures of a National Religion Trial by Fire American Scriptures

CHAPTER 7 - The Mysterious Map of Washington, D.C .

Pentagrams The Square and Compass and the Capitol The Washington Meridian The Mall and the Sephiroth A Templar Treasure in Washington?

CHAPTER 8 - Occult Myths and Legends of Washington, D.C .

Lucifer, Venus, Washington and the Masons “The Luciferian Doctrine” of Albert Pike Eyes, Pyramids and Trinacrias The Dollar Bill and the Great Seal The Seal of Solomon The Key of Solomon

CHAPTER 9 - The Capitol Building

The Rotunda The Cox Corridors Statuary Hall and the Statues of the Capitol Doors of the Senate Cornerstone Centennial Masonic Commemorative Cornerstone

CHAPTER 10 - Secrets in Stone

Albert Pike Kryptos Vox Populi The Washington Statues

CHAPTER 11 - Masonic Sites of Washington, D.C .

Grand Lodge Buildings Other Masonic Buildings in Washington, D.C.

CHAPTER 12 - ’Tis Well Appendix Endnotes Bibliography Artwork credits Index About the Author Copyright Page