THE YEAR OF MASONRY 5793

The cornerstone of The Capitol was laid in a grand Masonic ceremony on 18th September 1793, with Masons parading through Washington DC in their full Masonic regalia. With the cornerstone was also laid a silver plate engraved with the following:

This South East corner Stone, of the Capitol of the United States of America in the City of Washington, was laid on the 18th day of September 1793, in the thirteenth year of American Independence, in the first year of the second term of the Presidency of George Washington, whose virtues in the civil administration of his country have been as conspicuous and beneficial, as his Military valor and prudence have been useful in establishing her liberties, and in the year of Masonry 5793, by the Grand Lodge of Maryland, several Lodges under its jurisdiction, and Lodge No. 22, from Alexandria, Virginia.

The year of Masonry 5793 was 1793, making Masonry approximately 4000 years old.

Yet you try finding that history of Masonry anywhere! Most sites imply that Masonry began in the 18th Century, or at the earliest with stone masons in the middle ages.

And in 1782 something very bad is alleged to have occured; The Bavarian Illuminati took control of Masonry at The Congress of Wilhelmsbad.