Long before George Washington became the commanding general of the Continental Army and then the President of The United States, as a young man he surveyed the forest and fields on the frontier of the British Colony of Virginia in what is known as the Shenandoah Valley. In the year 1747, he helped survey a tract of land for a friend that was then named “The Cave Farm“. He revisited the farm and his friend a year later in 1748. It is this visit and what he may have done in a nearby cave that has become the center of a long line of local Masonic lore and legend. In this video, I venture to the cave with my friend Dr. Jason Williams. Dr. Williams has researched the early life of George Washington and specifically his association with a secret cave that was once used by some of this country's first and most powerful Freemasons. The cave was also used by Military Officers/Freemasons to conduct meetings during both the French and Indian War (1754-63) and the American Revolution (1775-
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