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Related: About this forumI want you to know that the National Cathedral has a Darth Vader gargoyle. Yes, really.
If you have never been to DC, I want you to know that the National Cathedral has a Darth Vader gargoyle. Yes, really.
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I want you to know that the National Cathedral has a Darth Vader gargoyle. Yes, really. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2021
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wryter2000
(47,602 posts)1. Those zany Episcopalians
Reason #123 I love my church.
Goonch
(3,829 posts)2. ;-{)
teenagebambam
(1,593 posts)3. Sculpted by Jay Hall Carpenter
who also did a terrific statue of Jim Henson and Kermit that's on the University of MD College Park campus
http://jayhallcarpenter.com/
MyOwnPeace
(17,280 posts)4. Have to say.......
while I was SO awe-struck with my visit to the Cathedral, I guess my "rube-in-the-city" background put me in a position to not notice that particular 'highlight' of such a magnificent building!