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The Memorial is not a government recognized national memorial -- it is a Masonic National Memorial-- that is built by all the Freemasons in the United States. It is not listed on any national register. We are not funded by any government grants-- only private donations. The GW anamatronic "robot" was removed from display in August 2007. The various dioramas on GW life were removed from the first floor in Spring 2007. Send more questions to me please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.8.5.105 ( talk) 17:43, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Why delete this page? It's a US national monument.
FYI, it is a private memorial, not a "National Monument" nor even formally a "National Memorial" -- not that there is anything wrong with that. — Eoghanacht talk 17:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Oddly, I could not find this building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. I wonder if there is a story behind that? There are a couple of other lodges in Virginia on the register. — Eoghanacht talk 17:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
I believe this may be an error as the last time I was there it was just a bronze statue. Has anyone actually seen this animatronic statue? Do you have pictures or videos? I would like to see them. -- Nsbendel ( talk) 05:29, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
There was indeed an animatronic statue. The temple was something of a kinky sideshow to go to in the early part of the 21st century. A link to a video of the statue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB7K4kOFTko The voiceover refers to the twelve dioramas in the central hall, but I recall the thing being on another level. Maybe they moved it, maybe they realized how creepy it was and took it out. It was hilarious. There is also a reference and picture of it on this blog (scroll all the way to the bottom--second to last entry): http://neonpoisoning.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html - Amy od ( talk) 20:58, 21 June 2016 (UTC)Amy od
A clear video from one person (published), and a blog from another visitor (published) with pictures don't suffice? Hundreds of people have seen the animatronic. What's the big deal? I live three miles from the memorial. I will check it out myself. 72.209.228.147 ( talk) 00:27, 23 June 2016 (UTC)Amy od
I undid the change by Warbard, which restored the edit of March 18, 2011. The March 18 text had been removed (by me, on March 31) for several reasons. The first is that much of the text from the March 18 version was uncited, but made challengeable claims. It should be removed under WP:CITE. Second, the lone citation in the March 18 version was to a self-interested Web site (not a neutral, unbiased, third-party published source, which it should be under the reliable sources guideline on sources as sources on themselves).
The version of April 1, 2011, removed all the cited text added on March 31. There was no justification to remove that text. There were no conflicting claims made by sources; even if there had been, the proper procedure is to discuss the conflicting claims in the article, and cite both claims. The March 31 version also contained much new information, and there was no reason for this to be removed. I must assume (AFG) that the sole reason for removing the text was to restore the claims about Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4's role in promoting the memorial. Those claims should be restored if and only if they can be properly cited (just as any claim should be included if it can be cited).
The version of April 1 does not properly cite these restored claims. First, regarding the claim about Fredericksburg Lodge initiating the memorial push in 1852, it merely substitutes one citation (Walker 2002) for two others (Lichtenstein and Brown) added on March 31. The Walker cite (assuming it is neutral and unbiased, which I will do here) should have been added, not the revisions and their citations removed. Second, the following claim about constructing the memorial in Fredericksburg is not cited. Third, the following sentence (which begins "This call for support would be documented...") is uncited. Fourth, the last sentence of the first paragraph of April 1 is cited by reference to an original document from 1790. This violates Wikipedia's guideline about use of primary sources. The Grand Lodge of Virginia's charter is interpreted in the April 1 revision, and that goes against the guideline. Fifth, the first sentence of the second paragraph is another citation to an original document, which also violates the guideline about using primary sources. (Furthermore, this document does not say that the suceeding Grand Master of Virginia was a member of Fredericksburg Lodge, does not say he was the first one to make the Grand Lodge of Virginia the sponsoring organization, and does not say he was supported by following Grand Masters. It does document that a call was made in 1908.) This claim was cited using neutral, unbiased, published sources in the revision of March 31 (which were unwarrantedly removed). Sixth, the next two sentences are uncited. Seventh, the third paragraph of the version of April 1 is uncited. (The version of March 31 contained much of this information, but cited it.)
My initial sense was that text from the March 31 version should be retained, with any cited text from the April 1 revision incorporated. But given the problems with the citations outlined above, I would conclude that only one such citation could be retained. Any further discussion about the sources and text is very welcome. - Tim1965 ( talk) 15:20, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm not at all interested in freemasonry but this article looks fascinating. I've only had time so far to reads bits and pieces but it seems exceptionally thorough and well-written. Cheers to the responsible parties...I can't wait to read more. PurpleChez ( talk) 22:56, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
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Provided I'm not an English native speaker, I think there's something weird in the following sentence:
«The columns which form the portico, are in the first floor assembly hall and the second floor main hall, and on the first tier of the tower are Doric.»
Specifically, it seems to me the first "are" (formatted in Italics as above) should better be removed: am I wrong?
-- Filippof ( talk) 13:41, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Under the heading "1950s", it had claimed "The Royal Arch Room was dedicated on April 20, 1957, by Vice President of the United States Richard Nixon (himself a member of the Knights Templar)." Richard Nixon was never a Freemason, so he could not have been a member of the Knights Templar; that organization requiring not only being a Mason but also a member of the Masonic Appendant Body the York Rite. Occam's Shaver ( talk) 07:43, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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There is simply no way that the cost of $600 million as listed in the infobox is correct, particularly when you consider that the source is a 1942 newspaper article. Adjusting for inflation, that would be the equivalent of over $9 BILLION today. By contrast, The Pentagon apparently only cost around $31 million. JCO312 ( talk) 19:02, 7 March 2018 (UTC)