Saron Hunegnaw Washington National Cathedral Sunday morning, 1945, a foggy morning service was begining at The Washington National Cathedral. This is significant because the deceased corpses of World War Two soldiers are returning home for a proper burial. As a consequence widows, heart-broken mothers, and fatherless children line up to enter The National House of Prayer. Nevertheless Nationalism Grips Europe, and sorrow spreads across the United States. From far away it looks like the gathering of black figures moving around. All of Washington D.C. is wearing black
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The architect sets the scene for the occasion. This is significant because people from all over have come to pay their respects, family or not. For example the families of D-Day victims came to confront the families of those killed throughout 1941-1945. Countless American lives were lost fighting on foreign soil: North Africa, Italy, France, Germany, and Japan. The glass stained windows with hints of color set an allure setting. With that people take their seats. Morning Mass begins. There is a little girl about the age of seven who is just looking in admiration about the amount of people in one gathering. Slowly the corpses start coming and the room has gone silent. One by one in total ten American soldiers were honored that day. Their families lined up on the first three rows grief stricken. The families of past victims of Battle of the Bulge and Iwo Jima offer comfort. As a consequence the Sunday papers read, “America Mourns Again.” Meanwhile someone in the distance compares this day to the heartbreak America felt on December 7, 1941, Pearl …show more content…
Just as prayer begins the unity amongst the people in the chapel, the reception, and on the steps of The Washington National Cathedral are one. They all long for the same thing: peace. But leaders of Russia, Germany, Spain, and Japan seem to ignore their pleas.
FDR sends his condolences to the families and asks for more volunteers. This is significant because America’s male youth is dwindling by the numbers. However the distraught looks on the Priests faces call attention to end the war. They ask the citizens to come to the National House of Prayer and pray.
The service ends and the congregation leaves the room. Remember the little girl staring at the ceiling from earlier? She was left behind. In addition she fell asleep during the sermon and when she woke up everybody was gone. Furthermore she dreamt of the children in Auschwitz and how the Allies were fighting the Axis to free the prisoners. She got up and made her way to the chapel and began to pray.
“For if you forgive men their trespassses your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” Matthew 6:14 “But if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will you Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew
The architect sets the scene for the occasion. This is significant because people from all over have come to pay their respects, family or not. For example the families of D-Day victims came to confront the families of those killed throughout 1941-1945. Countless American lives were lost fighting on foreign soil: North Africa, Italy, France, Germany, and Japan. The glass stained windows with hints of color set an allure setting. With that people take their seats. Morning Mass begins. There is a little girl about the age of seven who is just looking in admiration about the amount of people in one gathering. Slowly the corpses start coming and the room has gone silent. One by one in total ten American soldiers were honored that day. Their families lined up on the first three rows grief stricken. The families of past victims of Battle of the Bulge and Iwo Jima offer comfort. As a consequence the Sunday papers read, “America Mourns Again.” Meanwhile someone in the distance compares this day to the heartbreak America felt on December 7, 1941, Pearl …show more content…
Just as prayer begins the unity amongst the people in the chapel, the reception, and on the steps of The Washington National Cathedral are one. They all long for the same thing: peace. But leaders of Russia, Germany, Spain, and Japan seem to ignore their pleas.
FDR sends his condolences to the families and asks for more volunteers. This is significant because America’s male youth is dwindling by the numbers. However the distraught looks on the Priests faces call attention to end the war. They ask the citizens to come to the National House of Prayer and pray.
The service ends and the congregation leaves the room. Remember the little girl staring at the ceiling from earlier? She was left behind. In addition she fell asleep during the sermon and when she woke up everybody was gone. Furthermore she dreamt of the children in Auschwitz and how the Allies were fighting the Axis to free the prisoners. She got up and made her way to the chapel and began to pray.
“For if you forgive men their trespassses your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” Matthew 6:14 “But if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will you Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew