You're arriving at Alexandria, Virginia's memorial to George Washington, just outside Washington, D.C. — home of Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22, where he once served as charter Master. Look up: the tower, fashioned after the ancient Lighthouse of Ostia in Ostia Antica (or Rome), rises 333 feet tall from Shooter’s Hill, also known as Shuter’s Hill, at 101 Callahan Drive. The project began in 1922; the building was dedicated in 1932, and the interior was finally completed in 1970.
In July 2015 the memorial earned designation as a National Historic Landmark for its architecture and as one of the largest-scale private memorials honoring Washington. This is a place where Masonic purpose, classical inspiration, and Washington’s memory meet in stone and light. If you came by transit, the King Street–Old Town Metro station on the Blue and Yellow Lines sits about four blocks from here, linking this high place to the city below.
Picture the tower's 333 feet echoing that ancient lighthouse, rising above Shooter's Hill and the city below.