The Confederate's Monument in Washington

September 13, 2015  •  Leave a Comment

Although Albert Pike was a Confederate general during the Civil War, his monument in downtown Washington does not commemorate his war service. Pike was an important Freemason, and the author of an influential book on Masonic philosophy, whose members paid for the statue. Nevertheless, he has been a magnet for protests of racism as well as the  supposed clandestine power of Masonry. An attempt to remove the statue in 1993 alleged Pike belonged to the Ku Klux Klan, but no such evidence exists.

After the war, President Andrew Johnson, also a Mason, granted amnesty to Pike for his service to the south.

Related MW photographs:

Pike's Woman

 


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