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CAPITOL COMMITTEE RENEWALS, UPGRADES, AND NEW MEMBERS JUNE 1, 2018–NOVEMBER 30, 2018 e Society deeply appreciates all the Capitol Committee members for their continued involvement and support of its educational mission. LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ($25,000 & UP) Bank of America Express Scripts Johnson & Johnson Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals PricewaterhouseCoopers UPS CONSTITUTION SIGNERS ($15,000–$24,999) American Society of Civil Engineers Chevron e Home Depot Nestlé USA Norfolk Southern Company Prudential Financial United Technologies Corporation Association BRUMIDI SOCIETY ($10,0000–$14,999) 3M Airlines for America Amway Business Roundtable Corn Refiners Association Inc. CSX Corporation Grifols National Restaurant Association Sanofi Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Siemens Corporation FOUNDER LEVEL ($5,000–$9,999) American Institute of Architects American Society of Mechanical Engineers BASF Corporation Equipment Leasing and Finance Association New York Life Insurance Company Northwestern Mutual Panasonic Pfizer, Inc. Phillips 66 Procter & Gamble Toyota Motors North America, Inc. US Bank For more information about the many benefits available to Capitol Committee Members, please contact Director, Corporate Giving Marilyn Green at (202) 543-8919 x21 or mgreen@uschs.org, or Manager of Development and Outreach Jennifer Romberg at (202) 543-8919 x23 or jromberg@uschs.org. THE CAPITOL DOME 65 O n Tuesday, 18 September 2018, the 225th anniver- sary of the laying of the Capitol cornerstone was commemorated with a ceremonial reenactment. Orga- nized by the office of Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the event featured Members of Congress, officials from the United States Capitol Historical Society and George Washington's Mount Vernon, and a group of Washing- ton-area Freemasons bearing with them artifacts from the original ceremony. Speakers included USCHS trustees Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA) and Donald G. Carlson, Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD), Sen. Mike Enzi (WY), and Dr. David Butterfield, exec- utive director of the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Richard J. Bautista, grand master of the Grand Lodge of Free And Associated Masons of Washington, D.C., presided over the reenactment of the cornerstone ceremony, which featured masonic tools, corn to repre- sent nourishment, wine to represent refreshment, and oil to represent joy. Finally, the Rev. Bilal M. Raschid, grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Washington, D.C., delivered a benediction. To read more about the remarks, see the coverage on our website, uschs.org. In addition, C-SPAN was on hand to record the ceremony; a full video can be found on their website, c-span.org. 225TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPITOL CORNERSTONE LAYING Richard J. Bautista, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free And Associated Masons of Washington, DC, leads the 225th anniversary reenactment of the laying of the Capitol's cornerstone. KATIE GARLOCK/PORTRAITIONS