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The original documents are located in Box 2, folder "2/17/75 - Gerald R. Ford Medallion"
of the Betty Ford White House Papers, 1973-1977 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
UNVEILING OF THE GERALD R. FORD MEDALLION PLAQUE
AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL
Alexandria, Virginia
Monday - - February 17, 1975
From:
Terry O'Donnell
FORD LIBRARY & 078839
BACKGROUND:
The Association of Grand Lodges holds it annual meeting on George Wash-
ington's Birthday at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial.
Attending will be the Grand Masters of the United States, the Deputy
Grand Masters, Secretaries, the heads of the Concordant Bodies, past
Grand Masters and Masonic leaders in jurisdictions abroad. The meeting
begins at 10:00 a.m. and concludes with your arrival, the unveiling of the
Gerald R. Ford medallion and your remarks.
You are the fourteenth President of the United States to be a Mason. The
others whose medallions also appear in the Memorial Auditorium are
Presidents Washington, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan, Jackson, Andrew Johnson,
Garfield, McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, and Truman.
The Memorial has been operating at a deficit and a program has been
initiated through all the Grand Lodges to make the Memorial self-sustaining
by 1976.
2.
SEQUENCE:
11:35 a. m.
Board motorcade on South Grounds and
depart en route Masonic National Memorial,
Alexandria, Virginia.
11:50 a.m.
Arrive Masonic National Memorial (side entrance)
where you will be met by Mr. Raymond Ellis,
President of the George Washington Masonic
National Memorial.
PRESS POOL PHOTO COVERAGE
Escorted by Mr. Ellis, proceed to the 1st floor
entrance of the auditorium and pause for announcement.
Announcement of you and Mr. Ellis.
11:53 a.m.
Escorted by Mr. Ellis, proceed through the auditorium
and take your seat between Mr. Ellis and Mr. Parish,
Grand Master of Arizona. (Platform diagram at TAB A).
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
ATTENDANCE: 250
11:55 a.m.
After brief remarks by Mr. Ellis, he will ask you to
accompany him to the medallion plaque at stage
left. You stand to the side as Mr. Ellis and Mr.
Marvin Fowler, Executive Secretary of the George
Washington Masonic National Memorial, unveil the
medallion plaque.
After the unveiling, Mr. Ellis will escort you to
the podium. You will stand at his side as he intro-
duces you.
12:00 Noon
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS.
FULL PRESS COVERAGE
FORD LIBRARY GERALD
3.
12:10 p.m.
Remarks conclude. You remain standing.
Mr. Ellis and Mr. Fowler will join you at the
podium, then immediately escort you to the
motorcade for boarding.
NOTE: Mr. Ellis and Mr. Fowler bid you
farewell at the motorcade.
Board motorcade and depart en route South
Grounds.
12:30 p.m.
Arrive South Grounds.
#####
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
STAIRS
C. Fuller Dorr, Exec. Comm.
Stanley Maxwell, Grand Master of Mass.
Lee Lockwood, Exec. Comm.
John K. Young, 2nd. Vice-Pres of Asso
Seymour Levy, Grand Master of Virgini
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1975
PLATFORM SEATING, MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL
PODIUM
Fred Schondau, Past Exe
Sec
Charles Adams, 1st. Vice-Pres.
John Hessey, Past Pres.
Raymind C. Ellis, Pres. of Memorial
GERALD
LIBRARY
President Ford
S. C. Parish, Grand Master of Arizona
Oliver L. Onion, Exec. Comm.
Donald Roby, Master of Alexandria &
Wash. Lodge
Marvin Fowler, Exec. Sec. of Assoc.
STAIL
MEDALLION
Bowden Holmes, CPA