Tejon Lodge 104 is proud to have contributed to the Washington Monument Restoration Fund.

The Washington Monument has not undergone such a thorough restoration in over 80 years. The monument has over 3000 visitors a day, by the way tickets are now required to enter the monument, and was not designed for that volume of traffic. All stairways have been closed since 1976, though even as a child it was a long walk, so the only access to the top is via elevator. The monument has now been closed to all interior traffic for the next two years and is expected to be re-opened after a rededication ceremony on July 4, 2000.

The Grand Lodge of Washington D.C. is working very hard in helping to preserve the rich Masonic history contained in the Washington Memorial. Our Masonic fraternity in conjuction with Target stores have joined with the National Park Service and many other corporate and private sponsors to help restore this wonderful monument to it's original grandure so another 80 years of visitors can enjoy this living tribute to President and Brother George Washington.

		The restoration will include:
		Constructing scaffolding for the entire 555-foot, 5 1/8-inch monument.
		Sealing 500 feet of exterior and interior stone cracks.
		Pointing 64,000 linear feet of exterior joints.
		Cleaning 59,000 square feet of interior wall surface.
		Sealing eight observation windows and eight aircraft warning lights.
		Repairing 1,000 square feet of chipped and patched stone.
		Pointing 3,900 linear feet of interior joints.
		Preserving and restoring 192 interior commemorative stones.

Pictured above from l-to-r are:

Brother Alan Frost,PM current Junior Warden of Tejon Lodge 104,

Most Worshipful Brother Eldon J. Brown of The Grand Lodge of Washington D.C. and,

Worshipful Master Jack McConnell of Tejon Lodge 104, at the Grand Lodge of Colorado.

Go here to find out more about the Washington Monument and it's restoration.

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