Today, my work took the second of our three planned field trips for the summer.
Our first stop was the National Cathedral and its garden.
After having a short inside tour, we got to climb the stairs and stand on the top of the cathedral. Our guide said few get to do this, so the Smithsonian definitely has the hook up. The views inside and outside the cathedral were amazing.
In the Bishop's garden we found Cedar tree branches that had been smuggled in a suitcase and delivered to the Cathedral around the 1960s, a 9th Century fountain from Charlemagne's time, a rose garden, gazebo and amphitheatre.
My two favorite tid bits were a stain glass window that resides in the Cathedral holds an actual MOON ROCK in the window piece. Crazy!
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| Can you see the Washington Monument? |
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| Peace! |
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| Rosa Parks |
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| Mother Theresa |
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| Bishop's Garden |
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| Cedar's from Jerusalem |
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| me and my fellow Smithsonian interns |
Also, a somewhat comical discovery was that DARTH VADER is etched into the Cathedral. As the legend goes, in the 70s there was a contest for what to put on a spire of the cathedral. A middle school kid won and they put Darth Vader's head up there. No - this is not a joke! Check out the pics!
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| Darth is on the right....can you see the helmet? |
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| The Moon rock is in the top section of this stain glass window. |
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