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serve his literary purposes ...

and that's why they call

fiction!

But history is replete

examples of leaders ...

becoming more than mere mortals

before the people.

Well, there was a tendency to transform

heroes into gods ...

then, was not new. There was

other heroes who became gods.

There have been attempts to make

Alexander the Great, a god ...

or a

these other famous people.

So maybe the painting

represents only ...

God's reputation that Washington

was among the Americans at the time.

But the same can not be said

on the figures that surround him.

He is accompanied

of 13 virgins ...

and, of course, that there is a tale

behind it.

The artist, Brumidi, went out and found

ladies of the night to pose as virgins.

Professor Brown's

left that part out of its history.

But Professor Langdon talks

another controversial work of art ...

which is in the Rotunda.

A half--naked sculpture of George

Washington as the Greek god Zeus.

It's true.

It implies that Washington

had a very special role ...

in American society.

And whenever the other founders

stood with their backs to the wall ...

and one had to be chosen

as a leader among leaders ...

George Washington was.

And the American people know that.

And there never was a President

so beloved by the American people ...

than George Washington.

Once a journalist

wrote an article ...

saying that if George Washington

to run for president ...

receive all the votes.

And he did not mean

all the electoral votes.

He meant

each of the votes ...

each of the Americans.

So maybe George Washington

be like God.

But why a Greek god?

And he was bare--chested?

Congress commissioned

a statue of Washington ...

and was a little embarrassed

revealed when the ...

and Washington seemed

with only a blanket on her lap.

The public hated.

And one of the comments

soon as the statue was unveiled ...

was that it seemed that he was leaving

the bathtub, taking a towel.

When Nathaniel Hawthorne

looked at the statue, he said ...

"Not even the mother of Washington

saw him naked. "

The statue was removed from the Capitol

in 1964 ...

and now is in the National Museum

Smithsonian American History.

But another reminder of the legacy

Washington remains on Capitol Hill ...

as well as the book suggests.

There is a star embedded in the floor

the crypt of the Capitol.

They intended to bury

George Washington on Capitol Hill ...

under this star,

and would have been very symbolic.

The tomb of Washington,

that was never used by him ...

is still

beneath this central star.

Although we do not talk about it in the book,

the answer to ...

of why Washington

was never buried in the Capitol ...

dates back to the night he died.

MOUNT VERNON, VIRGINIA

In December 1799,

to 67 years ...

Washington died

of throat infection.

Shortly before his death,

weakened by bleeding ...

he asked Martha

Itimo you do a favor.

He had written two wills.

And the two copies of wills

were brought to him ...

and he said:
"Burn this

before me. "

You never know who had

different in the will burn.

The nation, basically

went into shock.

I could not believe

George Washington had died.

And across the country

was in a state of mourning.

He has made great strides.

He was buried in Mount Vernon,

in a Masonic ceremony.

What God gives ...

Martha was so shaken

and upset ...

neither attended the funeral.

Opinions differ even today ...

on the place where Washington

wanted to be buried ...

Capitol Hill or Mount Vernon?

Washington wanted to be buried

in Mount Vernon.

Were his instructions.

And they were clear and simple.

I was planning that he would

to the tomb at the Capitol ...

but, alas, Martha died

and the promise was breached.

They failed to build

the deposit on time.

So, Martha Washington died

and the heirs of Washington ...

decided that they would not ...

comply with the decision of Martha.

His desires Itimos

are still a mystery.

Their remains can not be

buried in the capitol ...

but its influence is still visible.

The fraternity to which he belonged

exists today.

The Masons, a secret society

or a society with secrets?

In "The Lost Symbol," Dan Brown

depicts the Masons ...

as the most powerful

secret society of the country.

We are everywhere.

Few other organizations can

claim 14 presidents as members.

The book describes a private room

Masonic inside the Capitol ...

called the Chamber of Reflection.

Is it true?

This room is there?

Or the book actually increased

to create a dramatic effect?

The Chamber of Reflection is real.

Many stores have a

around the world.

Many American stores

do not.

But some, yes.

Even those

do not do it ...

of a particularly lovely

Dan Brown describes ...

is the classic mode.

Here the members meditate

silent ...

among symbols

time and death ...

a skull, to remind men

mortality and equality ...

salt, which represents the body,

mercury, sulfur, and the soul, spirit.

In some

Masonic obedience ...

when entering

Reflection in the House ...

is invited to

writing a will ...

order to contemplate

his own mortality.

Disturbing?

Perhaps for the uninitiated.

But the Masons view all

differently.

The goal is not to scare

the candidate with the skull ...

but show

the theme of mortality ...

their time on Earth will end,

his time on earth is short.

So while you're here, focus

on what's important in your life.

The way the Chamber of Reflection

is described in the book by Dan Brown ...

presented as a Freemason

had one in his office ...

or maybe even in your home.

And this is not true.

And these cameras are Reflection

hidden in the basement of the Capitol ...

as described in the book?

There are several levels of the attic

to the basement.

These are actual pictures of the basement

as described in the book.

It no longer exists.

Were demolished for the construction

the Capitol visitors' center ...

which opened in 2008.

And someone used it for their own purposes,

Masonic or not?

There are rooms in the basement of the Capitol

I do not know if they were used by Masons.

Thus, the existence

Chamber of Reflection is real ...

but the location of Brown

inside the Capitol is fiction.

In the book, a student describes

Masons as a religion ...

but Professor Langdon disagrees.

He argues

would never try to convert ...

and are prohibited

to talk about religion.

"Go to the lobby. You can find

something interesting there. "

Because the Masons do not recruit.

It depends on other

of invitation.

We are gathered here in this chamber ...

Furthermore, contrary

Brown says that the ...

money does not influence

in positions within Freemasonry.

The way it works is that

one becomes a regular Freemason ...

three degrees. It then passes

other degrees of the Scottish Rite ...

grade 4 to grade 32.

But you can not buy

33 degree ...

especially as the expressway

which is mentioned in the book.

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