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The painting's title is Washington as Master Mason, but the caption underneath the photo reads Washington as Master of his Lodge. These are two different things: Master Mason is a stage in the Masonic degree structure, whereas "Master of his Lodge" signifies holding the Progressive Office of Worshipful Master. Additionally, something must be amiss chronologically: an 1870 rendering of the 1793 event - how can the painting be dated to before the event it depicts?
Nuttyskin (talk) 13:44, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have given the image a more descriptive caption: Washington as Master Mason, an 1870 print depicting Washington presiding over a Masonic lodge meeting just prior to the United States Capitol cornerstone laying on September 18, 1793 – Cheers. Drdpw (talk) 17:55, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ratified
the article refers to "the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted and ratified the Constitution." this sounds wrong, unless ratify has a meaning other than the one I'm familiar with. it was , of course, events in the several states that ratified the constitution. Obugov (talk) 02:00, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Corrected – The convention did not ratify the Constitution, neither did it establish the U.S. federal government. Drdpw (talk) 02:18, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
FYI: Change in URL for the Washington Papers held at UVA
FYI to anyone editing any George Washington connected articles.
The old URL was http://gwpapers.virginia.edu.
URL has been changed, the NEW URL is https://washingtonpapers.org/.
The most recent substantial discussion of the Julian/Gregorian issue in this talk page can be found at Talk:George Washington/Archive 38#Birthdate again!. That discussion links to several older discussions, so I guess people have been tweaking this for a long time. However, that discussion isn't the last word; I think that people have been tweaking the dates without checking or modifying that discussion.
Right now, the first sentence does not mention the Julian date, but the infobox does. I think that this is backwards: the article should mention the Julian date (in a Note), but the infobox, which is supposed to be an ultra-lean summary of summaries, should not. That is the way it is done in Anton Chekhov. But that's just off the top of my head. I haven't yet looked at those old discussions from this talk page to check if I am missing something. Bruce leverett (talk) 01:20, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]