Help save a Masonic tracingboard

I recently came across an 1853 Masonic tracingboard/tapestry for sale in a pawn shop. It is about 7 feet tall.

This is my best effort to return it to its ritefull place in a Masonic Lodge, where it may be displayed and used for its intended educational purposes. Funds to be raised are for its purchase and the services of this site only. The seller has agreed to hold it until early April, while funds are being raised in this manner. Fundraising will stop when the goal is reached. Upon completion of the transaction, I will ask that a committee of sorts be formed, and that they decide which Lodge should receive it. I will lay no claim to ownership. I only ask that we save this and and that it be appropriately displayed and used.