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A 6 page paper providing a brief history of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and then focusing on some of the special national events that have taken place there. The National Cathedral has provided the setting for prayer services for the country during World War II and following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and it has been the site of the funerals of presidents and national heroes. It was the last pulpit appearance by Martin Luther King, Jr. before his assassination in 1968. It has provided a consecrated venue from which to appeal to God in response to events requiring secular response, and in so doing providing all Americans with a sense of hope and destiny that may not have been possible to attain in another setting. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KStourNatCath.rtf
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operated by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, a private 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that receives no funding from any public source (About Us, n.d.). It is the "sixth largest cathedral
in the world, built in the Gothic style at one of the highest points in Washington, D.C." (Washington D.C. City Pages, n.d.), and can claim a construction period spanning most
of the 20th century. "The cornerstone of the Cathedral was laid in 1907, and the final finial was set in place in 1990" (About Us, n.d.). The building
of the Cathedral grounds provides an impressive structure, but it constitutes only one part of the Cathedrals aura. Other components include not only the architecture of the Cathedral, but
also its gardens, music and programs (Washington D.C. City Pages, n.d.). The National Cathedral holds regular weekly worship services, but it also seeks
to be involved in public, nonpartisan events. As a result, it has been the site of many special events over the course of its history. The purpose here
is to review some of those events. Special Events at the National Cathedral One of the purposes of the National Cathedral is to
serve as a visible symbol as a national house of prayer. The Cathedrals commitment to avoiding any connection with public support in terms of funding enables it to pursue
that mission while also enabling the federal government to use the Cathedral for spiritual purposes without becoming enmeshed in demands for the separation of church and state. The result
is that the Cathedrals managements commitment to remaining fully privately-funded and privately managed provides the nation with one of the few remaining venues in which public prayer for government purposes
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