this may help someone! my name is william taylor remington born wash dc 1949,my father richard clarance remington born wash dc 1925-1994 ,my grandfather william richard remington born Alexandria, Va 1901-1963 was a mason at lodge #1 in Alexandria, Va. same lodge george washington was a member. he had brothers ? edward or edwin remington ,a uncle I beleave ? clarance e remington who helped build the panama canal and was given a medal and gold coin from pres.roosevelt.I photoed the metal and added it to this post along with the address of a site that tells you little about these panama canal medals.I have this medal and at one time had a fire chiefs badge from the remington va. fire dept. http://www.pancanalsociety.org/Articles/medals_of_the_panama...