In a Masonic ceremony, non-partisan (nationalist) President Washington lays the cornerstone of the Capitol building, in the District of Columbia.
[restored 10/23/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 8 [Clause 17]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 49.