Weekly Washington: Coming to You Live From the Mall!

uploaded to flickr by NCinDCOk, I'm a day late, but if you think I'm wasting some wonderful fall weather toiling away here, you're nuts.

Inevitably, the nice weather today evokes comparisons to a similar day nine years ago. Remembrance services were quietly held at the Pentagon this morning at their 9/11 Memorial. And in a fitting ceremony, the National Cathedral used prayers from the Quran in today's noontime prayer service. Among the four in their Rare Book Collection is the first English edition of the Quran, published in 1649. (TBD, WNC)

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