What is Washington National Cathedral?
[[Image:Washington National Cathedral Twilight.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The ''Washington National Cathedral'' at night]] [[File:PresidentsWatchReaganCasketCarriedIntoCathedral.jpg|thumb|right|200px|President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[State funeral of Ronald Reagan|funeral]] at the cathedral]] The '''Washington National Cathedral''' is a [[cathedral]] of the [[Episcopal Church]] in the [[United States]]. Located in [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the [[United States]], it is the sixth largest [[cathedral]] in the [[world]] and second largest in the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/discover/facts.shtml |title=WNC: Facts and Figures |access-date=2008-04-25 |archive-date=2008-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514101856/http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/discover/facts.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was built between 1907 and 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalcathedral.org/about/timeline.shtml|title=Cathedral Timeline|publisher=Washington National Cathedral|accessdate=2011-08-26|archive-date=2008-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022062559/http://www.nationalcathedral.org/about/timeline.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> On Tuesday, August 23, 2011, the central tower on the Cathedral was damaged by an [[2011 Virginia earthquake|earthquake]]. A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Virginia, about {{convert|135|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Washington D.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/se082311a.php |title=Magnitude 5.8 - VIRGINIA |date=2011-08-23 |accessdate=2011-08-23 |work=usgs.gov |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey|U.S. Geological Survey]] }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The earthquake knocked off some of the cross-shaped finial stones. Finials are the decorative top of the pinnacles or towers. One pinnacle is leaning to the side. The inside of the cathedral did not receive any serious damage from the earthqu