“We need a more secure location to cache the Freemason’s greatest treasures.  I can think of no better way of doing this than constructing a monument in honor of George Washington, the first president of these United States of America.  One of, if not, the greatest member of the Freemasons in history. A secret vault will be constructed below the foundations. It will have provisions to keep it well hidden behind several locks and keys that only the brightest individuals, well-versed in the teachings of the Freemasons, will be able to solve their way through. There will also be guards of course.

James K. Polk 1848″