But why would finding the thing be of any imp.........other than a simple hunt..................???  I bet they inscribed something on it...................what i am not sure.......................the plate that is...........a masons celebration..............sacrificing a 500 lb ox..................a silver stone..........a plate...........a code..................who knows..........



In the 13th year of independence nonetheless...........this gets stranger and stranger..........spookier and spookier.................

This South East corner stone, of the Capitol of the United States of America in the City of Washington, was laid on the 18th day of September, in the thirteenth year of American Independence, in the first year of the second term of the Presidency of George Washington, whose virtues in the civil administration of his country have been as conspicuous and beneficial, as his Military valor and prudence have been useful in establishing her liberties, and in the year of Masonry 5793, by the Grand Lodge of Maryland, several lodges under its jurisdiction, and Lodge 22, from Alexandria, Virginia.

Thomas Johnson, David Stuart and Daniel Carroll, Commissioners
Joseph Clark, R. W. G. M.—P. T.
James Hoban and Stephan Hallate, Architects
Collen Williamson, M. Mason