Hunting the Lost Symbol Page #3

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stood with their backs to the wall ...

and one had to be chosen

as a leader among leaders ...

George Washington was.

And the American people know that.

And there never was a President

so beloved by the American people ...

than George Washington.

Once a journalist

wrote an article ...

saying that if George Washington

to run for president ...

receive all the votes.

And he did not mean

all the electoral votes.

He meant

each of the votes ...

each of the Americans.

So maybe George Washington

be like God.

But why a Greek god?

And he was bare--chested?

Congress commissioned

a statue of Washington ...

and was a little embarrassed

revealed when the ...

and Washington seemed

with only a blanket on her lap.

The public hated.

And one of the comments

soon as the statue was unveiled ...

was that it seemed that he was leaving

the bathtub, taking a towel.

When Nathaniel Hawthorne

looked at the statue, he said ...

"Not even the mother of Washington

saw him naked. "

The statue was removed from the Capitol

in 1964 ...

and now is in the National Museum

Smithsonian American History.

But another reminder of the legacy

Washington remains on Capitol Hill ...

as well as the book suggests.

There is a star embedded in the floor

the crypt of the Capitol.

They intended to bury

George Washington on Capitol Hill ...

under this star,

and would have been very symbolic.

The tomb of Washington,

that was never used by him ...

is still

beneath this central star.

Although we do not talk about it in the book,

the answer to ...

of why Washington

was never buried in the Capitol ...

dates back to the night he died.

MOUNT VERNON, VIRGINIA

In December 1799,

to 67 years ...

Washington died

of throat infection.

Shortly before his death,

weakened by bleeding ...

he asked Martha

Itimo you do a favor.

He had written two wills.

And the two copies of wills

were brought to him ...

and he said:
"Burn this

before me. "

You never know who had

different in the will burn.

The nation, basically

went into shock.

I could not believe

George Washington had died.

And across the country

was in a state of mourning.

He has made great strides.

He was buried in Mount Vernon,

in a Masonic ceremony.

What God gives ...

Martha was so shaken

and upset ...

neither attended the funeral.

Opinions differ even today ...

on the place where Washington

wanted to be buried ...

Capitol Hill or Mount Vernon?

Washington wanted to be buried

in Mount Vernon.

Were his instructions.

And they were clear and simple.

I was planning that he would

to the tomb at the Capitol ...

but, alas, Martha died

and the promise was breached.

They failed to build

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