NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ANONYMOUSLY GIFTED 'GREAT ORGAN'
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 30, 1924, "announcement of the anonymous gift of a great organ...to be installed in the National Cathedral* at Mount St. Alban was made...by Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman**, Bishop of Washington.
According to the Evening Star, the organ was gifted by a New England woman in honor of her mother. The Star reports that the organ will be "the greatest ever constructed in this hemisphere."
*Washington National Cathedral of the Episcopal church is a neo-gothic style building, the second largest in the U.S. & the third tallest building in the Nation's Capital.
**James Edward Freeman (1866-1943) served as the 3rd bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., 1923-1943.
SOURCE
"Great Organ Given To Cathedral Here," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 30, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
