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National Cathedral, front
This is a front view of the Washington National Cathedral. Officially, the Cathedral was finished in 1990, after more than a century of planning. In fact, they're still working on one of the towers.
It is the sixth-largest cathedral in the world. It's served for a number of state functions, such as the funerals of Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, and Omar Bradley. Martin Luther King Jr preached here on March 31, 1968, in what turned out to be his last Sunday sermon (being assassinated within the week). Woodrow Wilson, his wife Edith Galt Wilson, Helen Keller, and her teacher Annie Sullivan are all entombed in the building.
The building is officially named the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul. Construction began in 1907. |