Jackson in Hinds County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Honoring Brother George Washington

Photographed by Mark Parker, September 4, 2020

1. Honoring Brother George Washington Marker

Inscription. Presented to the citizens of the state of Mississippi honoring Brother George Washington, our first Masonic president, and in commemoration of 200 years of freedom under our constitutional form of government, on the one hundred fifty ninth anniversary of the great state of Mississippi. Presented by the members of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Southern Jurisdiction USA in the Valleys of Corinth, Delta at Greenville, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Jackson and Meridian in the Orient of Mississippi.

Erected 1976 by Brothers C. Scott Bailey, 33. Sylvester Keith, 33. James T. Murray, 32, and Robert C. Patterson Jr. 32. in behalf of the Mississippi Valleys of the Scottish Rite to the illustrious honorable Cliff Finch, 32 Scottish Rite Mason, Governor of the Great State of Mississippi.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism.

Location. 32° 18.208′ N, 90° 10.865′ W. Memorial is in Jackson, Mississippi, in Hinds County. It is at the intersection of North President Street and College Street, on the left when traveling north on North President Street. Marker is on the east ground is the Mississippi State

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Capitol. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 400 High Street, Jackson MS 39201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Mississippi’s Natchez Trace Corridor.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mt. Vernon Black Walnut Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); Monument to Women of the Confederacy (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Mississippi Liberty Bell (about 400 feet away); Capitol Rally (about 500 feet away); Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church (about 700 feet away); U.S.S. Mississippi (about 700 feet away); Galloway Memorial (about 700 feet away); First Presbyterian Church (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jackson.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 187 times since then and 18 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on February 28, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.