Caches, Cornerstones, and Codes: Scottish Rite Masons Launch Geocaching Group

Stay tuned for upcoming events!

Geocaching is a new high-tech treasure-hunting sport gaining popularity across America and is now being introduced to the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Participants hide containers, known as geocaches. Treasure Hunters then use GPS devices to locate geocaches, exchange gifts, and share their experiences online at www.geocaching.com.

The Scottish Rite is a part of Freemasonry, the oldest and largest fraternity in the world. It seeks the betterment of mankind in general through the improvement of its individual members.

The House of the Temple Library and Museum serves as the headquarters and archives of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States. Founded in 1801, and located at 1733 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20009 since 1915, the building was designed by the famous neo-classical architect John Russell Pope.

The museum features several exhibits highlighting Freemasonry’s, and particularly the Scottish Rite’s, role in American history and includes objects such as the bible used during President and Brother George Washington’s funeral, a Masonic book printed by Brother Benjamin Franklin in 1736 and a Scottish Rite flag carried by Brother Buzz Aldrin onto the surface of the moon in 1969.

For additional information about this event, please email Dean Alban at membership@scottishrite.org. You also can visit this link: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=501197da-964f-4f7f-95ed-493ccf009e94

For more information about Geocaching and Masonry, please click here for a PDF of the article "Freemasons—The First Geocachers," from the November-December 2008 issue of the Scottish Rite Journal.