Excerpt from Memoir of the Pilgrimage of Virginia of the Knights Templars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island: May, 1859 This was the first opportunity ever enjoyed by most of the company to visit Washington, Mount Vernon, or the soil of Virginia, - that historic ground, so rich in memories of the first settle ment of this continent by the men who laid the foundations of our government, - the land where that drama was enacted by Pocahontas which will be famous in history until America has been for gotten. How well the Sir Knights enjoyed this Opportunity, what pleasure it afforded them, and how grateful is their remembrance of it, can onlyviii preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.