Lost History : The George Washington Masonic Cave
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- Опубликовано: 3 дек 2022
- Long before George Washington became the commanding general of the Continental Army and then the President of The United States, as a young man he surveyed the forest and fields on the frontier of the British Colony of Virginia in what is known as the Shenandoah Valley. In the year 1747, he helped survey a tract of land for a friend that was then named "The Cave Farm".
He revisited the farm and his friend a year later in 1748. It is this visit and what he may have done in a nearby cave that has become the center of a long line of local Masonic lore and legend.
In this video, I venture to the cave with my friend Dr. Jason Williams. Dr. Williams has researched the early life of George Washington and specifically his association with a secret cave that was once used by some of this country's first and most powerful Freemasons. The cave was also used by Military Officers/Freemasons to conduct meetings during both the French and Indian War (1754-63) and the American Revolution (1775-83).
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I love history from the 1700’s. Please do more of these. We are so lacking in our history.
WELL, YOU'ER NOT MISSING TOO MUCH. I'VE FOUND SO MUCH OF IT WAS A BIG LIE. ONE THING ABOUT OUR FATHER GOD, IS THAT HE IS "TRUTH."
@@charlescurry2433 what they did was a lie or what was written was a lie?
@@charlescurry2433 Religion is the biggest lie going.
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I love history as well!
This was a very educational caving trip I just had with my friend Dr. Jason Williams. Even though I grew up in Jefferson County, West Virginia, and very near where this cave is located, I had never heard the full story of the cave or how involved George Washington was in the local area. The first plantation George Washington built as a very young man was located just a few miles from where I grew up and I had only heard of this fact in very brief and incomplete whispers. In this video, Jason gives me a very thorough history of the George Washington Masonic Cave and a great early American colonial history lesson overall.
You can find Dr. Williams's book "Brought To Light" which he recently authored here at this Amazon affiliate link. I think it would make a great Christmas present! amzn.to/3F4Ta65
Please keep in mind this cave is located on private property that is posted, fenced, and gated. At this time it is not open to the public.
Thanks for watching! ....Chigg
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Wow, what an interesting man Dr. Williams is. So wonderful to hear the history and see inside the cave.
Hi Chigg, do you have Dr. Williams' website? I couldn't find it...
@@near--zero I checked as well. Only the Amazon and other book sales websites. There is also a book on Trading.
My 5x grandfather was born in that area, joined the militia in 1777 at the age of 16 and fought until the end of the war. Including the battles of Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse in the Carolinas that turned Cornwallis towards Yorktown and ultimately to surrender...
Awsome how your family ,shared that with you or
I have an ancestor that died at Guilford according to genealogy. Shadrach Duff.
I love my family history, it provides a diverse teaching, because my mothers family is from a rooted family up north, my father is from a natural farming family in the south and they birthed me in the Monumental City of the corrupt Society that has created the New World and erased Old World teachings. My life has been a fabulous experience learning from both sides.
@@ms.donaldson2533 - Reads as seriously conflicted...BTW, "Old World teachings" were not that great.
Awesome episode Chigg! I really enjoy when you include experts on various topics, and Dr. Williams' passion for the history of this place is gratifying to see! Unrelated side note - I noticed when you two were talking, the acoustics in the side room were really nice, would be a perfect place to record a string quartet!
Cave + History + Mystery = Great Chigg Video!
Thanks
I’m a mason, appreciate this history!
Thanks Beau. I'm going to look for his initials he engraved on a stone here in Ohio. He was doing surveying for the Western Reserve Co. at the time and was still an officer for Brittan. There's very little to go on. One person did figure out it's location but wouldn't reveal it. Like his thinking. But our history of back then is cabins and trails with forts sprinkled around. Not much of which can still be seen even in part. So any opportunity to physically see it is always an amazing feeling. One I'm looking forward to. Thanks for helping to keep our history alive. 🇺🇸
Good luck! If you do find it be sure to keep the secret ;)
"O. H. !!!" where abouts fellow buckeye?
Was Major Washington of the Virginia Militia a Mason. 🤔
Dr. Jason Williams is so knowledgeable, my gosh. Would love to have a beer with the man. As a Canadian who has always had an interest in American history, I can't get enough. Would love to see more videos like this!
Chigg, this is one of your best videos. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Fascinating history, great video! I'm super interested in all this part of the US history! This book will be a great read and thanks for highlighting the book and this areas history! Sounds like Dr. Williams has some more fun plans for the future in store Chig I hope we get to follow along here!
Very interesting! Need a part 2 ,3 and 4 of this! Awesome job
This is really fascinating. I had no idea this existed and I'm anxious to get a copy of that book. Thank you both!
Hi from indiana, very informative video, thanks for inviting us!
I really appreciate that there are amateur historians like Dr. Jason Williams who research & document the history outside the current focus of academia.
My grandfather was dr felix brunot. He was foster brother ad best friend to Lafayette. He was also one of marthas hair dressers. I have extensive family heirlooms and letters from dr felix and Lafayette. Mostly gifts between the two but also some furniture of dr felixs and many other things. Nobody but a few people ive told know of their existence i would love to document them one day. History like this cave really needs to be rediscovered and preserved
That's pretty cool!!
Thanks for the video! Some very interesting history there, that I had never heard about.
Thank you for taking us along on another great adventure 👍
I absolutely love the history you present on your videos. Would love to read his book.
just catching up with the vids after a few weeks of... rough weather , enjoying the desert trip very much ! and this vid was supper fun !! great info !
Thank you youtube for randomly suggesting this video!❤️ absolutely love this video, the history of fellow Freemason General Washington and everything about this cave and definitely biting at the bit not skipping ahead trying to have some restraint 🤣to find title to this gentleman’s book because I will definitely be ordering!!🥰 at my lodge we have General Sherman’s dads Apron framed and hanging on a wall. I first saw it and just was in total awe and reverence for sure. Bam!! Just ordered it and won’t be here til Tuesday darn it so I hope I’m home!lol.
Greetings Brother ! I'm a French established apprentice and I love discovering things about masonry in other countries therefore I really enjoyed this video. Also, I'm an underground freak, visiting all sorts of caves, mines, but mostly the 120 miles of the Paris unofficial catacombs where there are quite many masonic traces left there by the architects who were sent by king Louis XVI to reinforce the quarries under Paris.
What a cool explor! Thanks for taking us along👍
Wow!! So awesome! I love the roundup photos. Thank you so very much!
I love your videos I’m disabled and can’t get out much I love these videos I have a cheap medal detector that I use when I take my kids out. Being on disability I can’t afford a garret detector, but the kids love using my cheap one. I love the cave videos. I do miss the magnet fishing videos. I got into that hobby because of you.
I grew up in the blue farm house across the road from the cave “the cave farm” and had many explorations of the cave as a child/teen. I’m so thankful for this video and the research by this author. It’s mind blowing this site hasn’t been protected, there’s a lot more hidden history in the cave and surrounding area (Evitts Run) that’s waiting to be discovered!
This was probably 1 or yr best videos Chigg... keep em coming brother 🇨🇦
Thanks! Will do!
Cool bit of history we've never known. Love all your videos Chig!
Some one or some people should of had this preserved, historic foundation in that area needs to step up, good info,sad preservation, we must learn from stuff like this to persevere for generations to come, travel light
That was fantastic !What a peek into history .
An amazing video! An unknown part of history that needs to be preserved!
Incredible. As I sit here reading the records of my distant uncle George Washington, a mason.
Very interesting guest and history Beau! 💜Deej
This is very close to where I live and Chig lives very close to where I live and I had no idea this place was here! You hit another home run Chig! Keep it up! Thanks
Thanks
Where do y'all live I'm over in Frederick county south west of Winchester
Kearneysville checking in…
I love this kind of videos. Big thumbs up for the historian too. 👍🏼
This was a great session!
Great history lessons! Thanks for the videos!
Hey I remember you from Treasurenet back in the day and never forgot your great finds,subbed.
This was an Awesome insight to history Chigg and WELL PRESENTED...Thank you from Queensland Australia 👍👍🍻🍺
Definitely a good video! The last room y’all were in definitely could have been used for preparing the candidates. SMIB! Glendale 271 SC FAM. Stay safe in your travels Chigg!
Great video! I've always been interested in American history, you do a wonderful job with your channel, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge along with the relic hunts! Do you have any hats for sale as of late?
Saw GW's initials carved near Natural Bridge. Apparently, he surveyed there.
Thanks, Chigg , I always enjoy your videos
Thanks.
The history of this cave is so interesting thank you chigg!!!
This may be the best outro you've ever done.
I really love your song it touches my soul like alot of songs from the 1960's and 1970's did growing up, classic song my friend
Very, very interesting. Thank you for sharing this.
Wow, had know knowledge of the cave. Thanks for bringing it too light Beau and friend. Hope the land owner cleans it up and puts a cage door on it!
Fantastic video, family are from around here and once resided on a plantation/farm in Hampshire county, also rich with history pertaining to Washington, etc. Love learning more about these things that aren’t widely sought out.
Who knew! How absolutely Fascinating! Thank you for doing this!
I knew.
Awesome video Beau. Wonderful history.
Thank you Dr. Jason Williams. Very Well Done. Thank you
OK that was Awesome. He did A Great Job telling the Info and History. I LOVED IT.
One of the more interesting videos that teaches a good lesson to us all. About all the markings, made me remember Independence Rock. I guess it does!
WOW! I would have never guessed that George Washington has been there, let alone carved his name and date into the rock. This place needs to be protected and preserved. This is in my top 10 adventures by Chigg. Awsome 👊 👍🤙
They just say that... could be anyone's mark lmao where's the proof really apart from word of mouth
I have saw the cave before but never from a historical perspective. So cool, thank you!
Another interesting fact, I went to Natural bridge in Virginia a young George Washington survey this area as well!
I am full of AWE…. A simple cave has a big historical value… great life fulfilling adventures Chigg..
Much thanks Chiggster!
Great video Beau!
Very cool piece of history!
Hopefully they can get that crap off the walls and furniture out!
I'm loving the history and mason stuff! I'm Acadian from New Brunswick. The only people that helped us against the British were the Natives but most Acadians got deported as of 1755. The true evil is not caring !
Fascinating and Dr. Williams is not only well spoken, but the wealth of knowledge he has on George Washington's early life, just incredible ! Like you, Beau, it really angers and frustrates me with all the defacing of history and the garbage too! (what is wrong with people?!)
If you're doing unknown history and caves, take a look at Judges Cave in New Haven, CT. Significant for a completely different civil war.
Judges cave was for the three judges who hid,, George Washington signature as a freemason or to be,, awesome,,,btw,,, scull and cross bones? Ask yale new haven,,,the "new haven",,,the Clintons,, the bushes,,,the Kennedy family?
Excellent video. Had no idea about this cave and George Washington’s part in that area. Sad to see so much graffiti. Thank you Chig.
Who knew? Thanks for sharing this great piece of history Chigg! I'll never understand why people decide to deface places of interest and those of historic value. 😡 Thanks again Chigg, nice work man and it's very much appreciated!
Thank you for this, Chigg. Hope you get back up to Maine, soon!
Hi from Syracuse NY brother and everyone else thank you for sharing this history
Love your cave stuff.
It makes me angry that people destroy things that don’t belong to them ,
@Boco Corwin That's an immature reply. Millennial reply
@Boco Corwin really ? Do you like that some punk painted over history ? I don’t we’ve had snowflakes burn city’s and 6 million illegals along with mass shootings in democratic states that tripled in 23 months and America was for the first time ever ranked number 3 highest murders globally , we was also ranked dead last globally for our news outlets being liars , we would never had destroyed history of when we was kids , for all I know it could be adults though
@Boco Corwin not even close but we didn’t destroy other peoples thing’s
The underground places were used by Freemasons in occult rituals that require blood oaths of secrecy. These rituals are Satanic. The baphomet for example.
@Boco Corwin I didn’t say anything about millennials lol but yes I’m sure the 60s they was destroying things too
So much history that we don't know about. Thanks for sharing.
I grew up in Effingham county GA. Washington came thru there at the river landing bluff, called Ebenezer.
Awesome video like always
An interesting bit about the Masons that I’ve heard: in my family’s hometown, the founding family and descendants had a pretty sizable house, mill, and other facilities. During the Yankee invasion, as they marched on Knoxville (iirc), they were going to burn the mill; but the master of the house (who was said to be a Mason) met with the leader of the forces (who was also a Mason) and exchanged Masonic rites. The soldiers abated and everything was copacetic.
There is no exchange of rites between Masons. They would of verified that each was a Mason by certain words or signs or perhaps a grip or token. Once verified the two would be obligated to do no harm to the other if in their power to prevent harm or damage to one or the others person, family, or property. Many fights, treaties and wars or battles were prevented or stoped simply because leaders or representatives of opposing parties in history where identified to each other as Masons. So, it would not be far fetched to see two people each from opposing sides come together in a lodge to negotiate or being friendly or at least civil to each other. If captured and taken as prisoners they would also of been granted more privileges. Back then the rank and title of a Master Mason opened a lot more doors in every country then I think it does today.
@@johnsammartino6344 “rites” is used to mean a handshake, token exchange, a whispered word in the ear, etc. in this context. Think of it as “for lack of a better word/term”.
thanks for sharing this neat history, nothing like the beauty of a cave!
Absolutely a really cool video thanks jig
very interesting video, thanks for sharing
My family owned the whole of Shenandoah Valley was first owned by my family back in the 1700's we had corner stone's and each of our ggggg grandfather had each one of his boy's claim a 160 acre section.
They actually still have a few of the original stones that were stacked a minimum of 2ft lol. I don't know why they chose that height but I have also heard of people moving them when Georgia Washington was a young man he surveyed the area and marker's were replaced with actual sections.
Eventually they sold the land's and moved into Webster County West Virginia
It's no wonder George married into wealth he knew who's father owned the best land.
Thank you so much I'm learning so much from your channel I love learning and had no idea about that cave 🤔 maybe because I live in Massachusetts
super cool History Chigg!
great video!!!
Amazing stuff Mr Chigg so cool
Awesome history.. thanks for sharing
You're forgetting the Dutch / walloon settlers before the brittish and french, Virginia also was named nuvom belgium on maps of 1660🙈
Amazing piece of History right there..
Good evening from Southeast South Dakota. Love it
Man does anybody know if this guy has a channel I would like to buy his book and also check out whatever else he may have written..he’s very knowledgeable and I love it ‼️✊🏾
Wow, interesting. Thanks for the video, I liked it.
Thanks
That is so awesome, I would bet my life Adventurous Washington would have went in that cave if he was ever in the area, and all the proof says he was. That is so cool. It reminds me of a place i go in the middle of Mohican State Park that is a limestone waterfall that has been a hangout spot for people for as long as they have been coming to the area, there is even a few places where Johnny Appleseed carved his name but they almost completely eroded away.
So interesting Chigg, thanks forthis video. I really hope that cave gets some TLC and doesn't slide into obscurity. Also: cave in Scotland!!??
Absolutely fantastic 👏!!! Love this stuff!
Great video love the topic
Thank you for another great story!
interesting stuff, thanks for sharing.
That was fascinating. I was there drawings up on the wall, or were my eyes just playing tricks on me. It’s terrible what people do to places like that.
Fantastic history I have the same colour 0light you have great flashlight.
If you want to see a very nice collection of things that belonged to George Washington you have to see the National Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, VA. They have more GW personal items than I've seen anywhere else. I'm a Freemason and Past Master and I can assure you there is nothing nefarious about the Freemasons. My Lodge was started by American POW's being held in a British POW camp during the Revolutionary War.
This video should be pretty big.
Adam Weishaupt...
Ingolstadt...
Visit Cumberland, Maryland, Washington has a military office post, still standing near the Potomac...great info !
Assume live in New York my wife is from West Virginia we would love to see this cave n help clean it up it’s terrible what people have done god bless you brother and thank you so much for your great videos
Hey @aquachigger any evidence of Washington in tionesta pa? Seen a cave this summer with a "george Washington 1700 something encarved in it. Would love a response.
Would love to hear Chiggs thoughts on Oak Island.
I loved this!!
Interesting! I had no clue about this. I agree, the cave should be restricted plus it wouldn't be a bad thing if monitored.
Hey chigg I live in west Virginia born and raised I never knew about this cave am I'm interested in the freemasons I would like to ask you some questions if you didn't mind I also liked and subscribed I'm glad I found this channel!
So interesting! I agree the trashiness is disappointing. Awesome video!