Music written by Dr. Will G. Butler, a Pennsylvania Freemason, was the official anthem for the 1932 bicentennial celebration of the birth of Bro. George Washington. Bro. Richard L. Mix, of Williamsport Lodge No. 106, provided a clipping from the Oct. 2, 1931, Washington (D.C.) Herald that reports:

"The patriotic anthem, 'Long Live America'" has been selected by the Washington Bicentennial Commission as the official song of the celebration next year.

"The anthem was written by Dr. Will George Butler, of Philadelphia, Director of the Conservatory of Music at the Mansfield State Normal School."

Bro. Butler lived in Williamsport at the turn of the century and taught music at Dickinson Seminary, which is now Lycoming College. He later went to Mansfield State Normal School, now Mansfield University, to head the music department. The Music Building there is named in his honor.

Records at Williamsport Lodge indicate that he was made a Mason April 18, 1906, and died in 1955.