Alexandria Lodge No. 39, of which George Washington was a member, conducted their meetings in local taverns. Ritual toasts and songs were punctuated by participants simultaneously slamming their emptied glasses upon the table. Because the resulting concussion sounded like gun fire, the heavy bottomed tumblers were also known as a “firing glasses.”
This example is decorated with the lodge’s name on one side and Masonic compass and square on the other.
Unity Lodge No. 146 
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