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...Garden Tomb...
Readers of your article about the Church of the Holy Sepulchre [June 13] might be interested to know of a place "outside the walls" of Jerusalem called the Garden Tomb. Unspoiled by crumbling masonry and sectarian feuds, it is an impressive site, especially since many archaeologists now consider it to be the real scene of Christ's crucifixion, burial and resurrection. Many tourists disappointed by the situation you described at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are deeply stirred by this entirely natural spot...
...some 6 in. out of plumb, held up by a cat's cradle of iron shorings erected by the British in 1935. Under the crumbling vaulting of the south transept, a scaffold has been put up to protect tourists from falling masonry. The facing of Christ's tomb itself is crumbling; large stones fall from the cornice of the cupola ceiling; leaks abound...
Said a disgusted minister from Ohio last week: "It would be better to let the church collapse. Then all that masonry could be carted away, and a simple, impressive monument could be erected to mark Golgotha and the tomb. That's what I came here...
...Samuel Gompers (1850-1924), a British-born Jew of Dutch parentage, was a founding father of the U.S. labor movement and first president of the A.F.L. His window, at the rear of the south nave over the tomb of Woodrow Wilson, is dedicated to artisans and craftsmen. Among the eight scenes are Noah building the Ark, the building of King Solomon's temple and the building of Washington Cathedral...