Bahá'í Chronology: 1912-05-01

date	event	locations	tags	firsts
1912 1 May	`Abdu'l-Bahá laid the cornerstone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette. [SYH67-68, CT102; 239D:51; AB186; GPB288, 349; MBW143; Luminous Journey 47:00] Talk at Dedication of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár Grounds. [PUP71] The cornerstone had been offered by Mrs Nettie Tobin, a member of the Women's Teaching Assembly. [AB186] See SYH65-66 for the story of how the Foundation Stone made it to the building site. `Abdu'l-Bahá asked delegates from the various Bahá'í communities and Bahá'ís from different backgrounds each to dig the earth to lay the stone. Corrine True, Lua Getsinger and several other women turned the sod. After the stone had been laid 'Abdu'l-Bahá declared that "The temple is already built." [AB186–7; Luminous Journey 47:00] [key]	Wilmette; Chicago; United States	Abdul-Baha, Travels of; Abdul-Baha, Second Western tour; Mashriqul-Adhkar (House of Worship); Mashriqul-Adhkar, Wilmette; Nettie Tobin; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Abdul-Baha, Life of; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Abdul-Baha, Basic timeline