“To the God-like Brother”: John Parke’s Ode to Masonry and George Washington, 1779

Citation:

Shawn Eyer. 2018. ““To the God-like Brother”: John Parke’s Ode to Masonry and George Washington, 1779.” Philalethes: The Journal of Masonic Research and Letters, 71, 4, Pp. 138–145.

Abstract:

A brief account of the first Masonic song created about George Washington. The song appears to be the origin of the theme of the apotheosis of Washington. Includes the text of the song and detailed information about its author, John Park/Parke (1754–1789), who served in the Continental Army under Washington, and was a graduate of William Smith's College of Philadelphia.
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