by Elmer E. Rogers 33 degree THE NEW AGE - SEPTEMBER 1948 The
minds of liberty-conscious souls of North and South America
turned to the beautiful little city, Bolivar, Missouri, on July
5, 1948. There the imposing 7-foot bronze figure of Simon
Bolivar, South America's Liberator and a Mason, standing on a
marble base 11 feet high, the gift of Venezuela, was unveiled.
There the life, the character and achievements of the George
Washington of six countries of South America were fittingly
commemorated in the speeches of President Harry S. Truman,
President Romulo Gall egos of Venezuela, and the Governor of
Missouri, Philip M. Donnelly, and by the presence of Sr. Gonzalo
Carnevali, Venezuelan Ambassador, other notables and thousands
of plain American citizens. "Bolivar's life presents one of
history's most colorful personal canvases of adventure and
tragedy, glory and defeat," said Wallace Thompson. We here
present but a brief sketch of his life's picture, and express
the hope that our readers may not only seek to