Word: crypt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dean of the Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral agreed to permit a memorial tablet to the late John Singer Sargent n the crypt, where the remains of many famous men, including Lord Nelson...
...week, his wife, Grace, his son George C., a group of his onetime subordinates (the present Admirals Charles J. Badger, George P. Colvocoresses, Hugh Rodman, Spencer S. Wood, retired; Admirals Edward W. Eberle, Hilary P. Jones, active; Marine Corps General Dion Williams) escorted his body from Arlington to the crypt of Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Cathedral, Mount St. Albans, D. C, where lies the body of Woodrow Wilson. Bishop James E. Freeman offered prayer ; the choir sang...
Last week, this tablet was unveiled in the crypt of St. Peter's. A Spanish Cardinal, Merry del Val, of the huge and solemn eyes, attended the ceremony. So, too, did Cardinal Gasquet, one of the three living British cardinals. So, too, did Cardinals Granito (Italian) and Van Rossum (Dutch). So, too, did the Swedish, the Norwegian, the Danish Ministers to the Royal Kingdom of Italy. The presence of the three ministers was not lost upon the Cardinals, for this was probably the first time since 1870 that diplomats accredited to the Kingdom of Italy have foregathered officially with...
...force behind the stone facings liquid cement which, oozing through the broken rubble, would petrify it into a rigid mass capable of sustaining any weight. That grouting would do no more good than grouching, for the piers themselves rested on a weak foundation which delved little below the crypt. The only way to keep St. Paul's from replacing London Bridge in the famed nursery rhyme was to remove the dome and deepen the foundation. In short, some said one thing, some another. The Dean was rather confused than relieved...
After the body had lain in state for several days, a requiem was held and the triple coffin of elm, cypress and lead was lowered into the crypt that had long been prepared...