Washington National Cathedral Darth Vader Gargoyle 29 Sept 2007 438

One of the little known secrets of the National Cathedral is the gargoyle, on the northwest tower, that is carved in the likeness of "Darth Vader".

www.cathedral.org/cathedral/discover/darth.shtml

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noprayer4dying says:

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I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

re_lepage says:

I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
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tonbabydc says:

So glad that you posted this. I remember hearing about this on a documentary that aired on local TV when construction was completed, but I've never been able to find it on my own!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Angeluz888 ♫♫♫OFFLINE♫ ♫ ♫ says:

Great shot!

Discovered! by

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Padeia (very busy) says:

LOL, great shot!

Discovered! by

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Glitter Crisis says:

Hi there! I have a question about this photo, and I sent a message to your Flickr mail -- can you take a look and get back to me? Thanks!

-- Jessica
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Metal Cowboy says:

the link you have in the description no longer works—they've restructured the website. I found the page though, here: www.nationalcathedral.org/about/darthVader.sh tml
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cesar_ale says:

Great !!!

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jrdnjstn says:

Wow that's cool. I'm going in August, i'll be looking out for it!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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