Museum and Masons to celebrate 150th anniversary of U.S. Mint cornerstone in Carson City
Commemoration of the first stone laid that began the life of the U.S. Mint and the Nevada State Museum in Carson City is set for 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, in the same place guests gathered 150 years ago to honor placement of the building’s cornerstone.
The Free and Accepted Masons will conduct the 2016 ceremony just as they did the first one. On the same day in 1866, Abe Curry, one of the founders of Carson City and the superintendent of construction for the Mint Building organized the pioneer celebration.
“It was reported by the Carson Daily Appeal, the service attracted a large crowd with many dignitaries,” said Robert Nylen, curator of history for the museum.
“To-day the Masons laid the corner-stone of the mint. Fine day, brass band, singing, and a big crowd. U.S. Senators James W. Nye and William M. Stewart, and the Judges of the Supreme Court present,” the paper said. “J. C. Currie, G. M. of the Grand Lodge of Nevada, laid the stone. Col. Robert Taylor, and Nye and Stewart spoke. Ceremonies closed by the singing of "Old Hundred.”
The rededication ceremony will be in the outdoor courtyard next to the historic mint building. Immediately following the observance the Free and Accepted Masons Carson Lodge # 1 will host an open house at its lodge building in the historic Virginia & Truckee Railroad Depot at 113 E. Washington St. For more information, contact Bob Nylen at the Nevada State Museum, (775) 687-4810, ext. 245, or Chet Hayes, Carson Lodge # 1, chethayes@earthlink.net, or 775-445-9398.
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