Washington National Cathedral Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Burials == {{More citations needed section|date=April 2018}} Several notable American citizens are buried in Washington National Cathedral and its [[columbarium]]:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Washington National Cathedral Guidebook|last=Victoria|first=Dawson|date=2008|publisher=Washington National Cathedral|others=Vochinsky, Eric., Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)|isbn=9780615236124|location=Washington, D.C.|oclc=880900586}}</ref> [[File:Woodrow Wilson Tomb.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Woodrow Wilson]]'s Tomb, 2006]] * [[Larz Anderson]] (ashes), diplomat, art collector. His wife [[Isabel Weld Perkins]] is entombed with him in the cathedral's St. Mary Chapel. * [[Thomas John Claggett]], first bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Maryland]] * [[William Creighton (bishop)|William Forman Creighton]], fifth [[Episcopal Diocese of Washington|bishop of Washington]] * [[Joseph E. Davies]] (ashes), diplomat, presidential adviser. He gave a stained-glass window in the cathedral in honor of his mother, [[Rachel Davies (Rahel o Fôn)]] * [[George Dewey]], [[United States Navy]] admiral * [[Angus Dun]] (ashes), fourth [[Episcopal Diocese of Washington|bishop of Washington]] * [[Philip H. Frohman]] (ashes), cathedral architect, following the death of [[George Frederick Bodley|Bodley]] * [[George A. Garrett]], diplomat, first [[United States Ambassador to Ireland]] * [[Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant]], granddaughter of President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] * [[Alfred Harding (bishop)|Alfred Harding]], second [[Episcopal Diocese of Washington|Bishop of Washington]] * [[Cordell Hull]], [[United States Secretary of State]] * [[Helen Keller]] (ashes), author, lecturer, advocate for the blind and deaf * [[John Mott|John Raleigh Mott]], evangelist and leader of the YMCA and World Christian Student Federation * [[Mike Monroney|A.S. Mike Monroney]] (ashes), U.S. representative, senator * [[Joe Allbritton]], banker, publisher and philanthropist * [[Norman Prince]], fighter pilot, member of the [[Lafayette Escadrille]] flying corps * [[Henry Y. Satterlee]], first [[Episcopal Diocese of Washington|bishop of Washington]] * [[Francis Bowes Sayre Jr.]] (ashes), dean of the cathedral and grandson of President [[Woodrow Wilson]], also interred there * [[Matthew Shepard]] (ashes), notable LGBT figure, victim of a hate crime<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fortin |first=Jacey |date=October 11, 2018 |title=Matthew Shepard Will Be Interred at the Washington National Cathedral, 20 Years After His Death |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/us/matthew-shepard-ashes-cathedral.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 3, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hauser |first=Christine |date=October 26, 2018 |title=Matthew Shepard Laid to Rest at National Cathedral Decades After His Murder |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/us/matthew-shepard-burial-national-cathedral.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 3, 2022}}</ref> * [[John Wesley Snyder (US Cabinet Secretary)|John Wesley Snyder]], Secretary of the Treasury in the [[Truman administration]] * [[Leo Sowerby]] (ashes), composer, church musician * [[Anne Sullivan]] (ashes), tutor and companion to Helen Keller, first woman interred here * [[Stuart Symington]], [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]], presidential candidate * [[Henry Vaughan (architect)|Henry Vaughan]], architect, associate of [[George Frederick Bodley|Bodley]] * [[John T. Walker (bishop)|John T. Walker]], sixth [[Episcopal Diocese of Washington|bishop of Washington]] * [[Thomas C. Wasson]], diplomat and consul general for the United States in Jerusalem * [[Isabel Weld Perkins]] (ashes), author, wife of [[Larz Anderson]] * [[Edith Wilson]], second wife of Woodrow Wilson and [[First Lady of the United States]] * [[Woodrow Wilson]], 28th [[president of the United States]]. Wilson's tomb includes variants on the [[seal of the president of the United States]] and the [[coat of arms]] of [[Princeton University]] and [[Davidson College]]. Wilson is the only American president buried in the District of Columbia. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page