Washington's 'Church of Presidents' etched in history again
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FILE - In this Saturday, May 30, 2020 file photo, police for a line near St. John's Episcopal Church as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, near the White House in Washington. Floyd, a Black man, died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. St. John's, at the epicenter of protests in Washington, has a long legacy on civil rights dating to its embrace of the 1963 March on Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007 photo provided by the White House, President George W. Bush lights a candle accompanied by Rev. Luis Leon, during a service of prayer and remembrance at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington marking the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. If he was in town, he was in church, Leon said of the younger Bush. (Eric Draper/White House via AP)FILE - In this Sunday, July 17, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, second from right, walks with his family, first lady Michelle Obama, left, and their daughters Malia, third from left, and Sasha from St. John's Episcopal Church, to the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)FILE - In this Sunday, April 21, 2019 file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller, center, and his wife Ann Cabell Standish, left, arrive for Easter services at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington. St. John's was in the spotlight in 2019 when Mueller, a church regular, was photographed there shortly after submitting his final report on Russian involvement in the 2016 election. Trump had visited the church the preceding week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)FILE - In this Monday, June 1, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests the previous night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)FILE - In this Saturday, May 30, 2020 file photo, demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, with St. John's Episcopal Church in the background, near the White House in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. St. John's, at the epicenter of protests in Washington, has a long legacy on civil rights dating to its embrace of the 1963 March on Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)FILE - In this early Wednesday, June 24, 2020 file photo, a protester calls out to police standing guard behind security fencing at St. John's Episcopal Church, near the White House, amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while being restrained by police in Minneapolis. St. John's, at the epicenter of protests in Washington, has a long legacy on civil rights dating to its embrace of the 1963 March on Washington. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)FILE - In this March 4, 1942 file photo, President Franklin Roosevelt leaves after prayer services at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, following his custom of attending church on each anniversary of his first inauguration on March 4, 1933. As he left the church he stopped to talk with the Rev. Endicott Peabody, left, headmaster emeritus of Groton school. At right is Major General Edwin M. Watson, presidential secretary and military aide. (AP Photo)FILE - In this March 10, 1963 file photo, President John F. Kennedy leaves St. John's Episcopal Church after attending Mass at St. Stephens Roman Catholic Church in Washington. At right is Rev. John C. Harper, new rector of the church, and at rear is the Right Rev. William F. Creighton, Episcopal Bishop of Washington. During his visit to St. John's, Kennedy signed a prayer book which bears the signatures of all presidents since Herbert Hoover. (AP Photo)FILE - In this Nov. 23, 1963 file photo, President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, leave St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington after attending special services. With them is the rector, the Rev. John C. Harper. Johnson was sworn in as president shortly after the assasisnation of John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22. (AP Photo)FILE - In this April 1971 file photo, President Richard Nixon, left foreground, walks with Rev. John C. Harper, after attending a Good Friday services at St. John's Episocpal Church near the White House. Every president since James Madison has crossed Lafayette Square to worship at St. John's, the pale yellow Episcopal church within sight of the White House. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)FILE - In this January 1981 file photo, President-elect Ronald Reagan and his wife, first lady Nancy, leave St. John's Church in Washington, after attending services. The Greek Revival house of worship was consecrated in 1816 and often dubbed the Church of the Presidents for having hosted every leader since James Madison for at least one service. (AP Photo)FILE - In this April 13, 1990 file photo, President George Bush is escorted by Rector John Harper, of St. John's Episcopal Church, following early morning Good Friday services in Washington. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)FILE - In this Sunday, March 24, 1996 file photo, President Bill Clinton leaves St. John's Church after attending services in Washington. Clinton attended without first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who opened an eight-day goodwill tour through Europe Sunday. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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FILE - In this Saturday, May 30, 2020 file photo, police for a line near St. John's Episcopal Church as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, near the White House in Washington. Floyd, a Black man, died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. St. John's, at the epicenter of protests in Washington, has a long legacy on civil rights dating to its embrace of the 1963 March on Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
