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WASHINGTON – Washington National Cathedral will kick off a new summer event series, Wind Down Wednesdays, for families to beat the heat and enjoy the Cathedral’s architecture and culture.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, Washington National Cathedral issued a special prayer for national unity during a contentious election year. The Cathedral offers this prayer within the context of its own Christian tradition and invites others to adapt it, as appropriate, to their own faith.  

WASHINGTON – Washington National Cathedral will hold a press conference on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, to provide an update on the $14 million dollar renovation of its massive pipe organ, which contains more than 10,000 pipes.

Washington National Cathedral will mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday, June 7, by tolling its funeral bell 118 times to mourn the 118 lives lost each day to gun violence in America. 

WASHINGTON - For the tenth time, Washington National Cathedral will welcome riders participating in Rolling to Remember and the general public to a "Blessing of the Bikes," a brief prayer service on the Cathedral's West Front, on Friday (May 24).

WASHINGTON – An interfaith Celebration of Life service will be held at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, April 25 at 11 a.m. ET to remember the seven World Central Kitchen humanitarians killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza while on a food mission.

WASHINGTON– Joe Alonso, the Head Stone Mason at Washington National Cathedral, has been awarded the 2024 Craftsmanship Award for his role in leading 12 years of earthquake repair at the Cathedral by the Washington Building Congress (WBC).

WASHINGTON – Washington National Cathedral will host former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) for a forum titled “Principles & Politics: An Evening with Liz Cheney and Jon Meacham.”

WASHINGTON – Washington National Cathedral will host an in-person forum titled “With Malice Toward None, With Charity Toward All” in collaboration with Wesley Theological Seminary and the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. will be among the eulogists at the funeral of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at  Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, December 19, at 11 a.m. ET. Justice O’Connor’s son Jay H. O’Connor and her biographer Evan W. Thomas III will also offer tributes.