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Washington National Cathedral
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| Description | Official name:
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Designated as the "National House of Prayer" by Congress
Seat of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Seat of the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Historic events:
Construction began in 1907 and ended in 1990.
The cathedral suffered damage from the 2011 Virginia earthquake. Repairs are expected to cost millions and take several years to complete.
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his final Sunday sermon, “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution" on March 31, 1968. A memorial service for King was held at the cathedral later that week.
Location of four presidential funerals:
-Woodrow Wilson (1924)
-Dwight Eisenhower (1969)
-Ronald Reagan (2004)
-Gerald Ford (2007) |
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