(ChurchLeaders) Cleanup is underway today after a weekend of protests and demonstrations throughout America. One of the many buildings that suffered damage is St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., near the White House. The National Historic Landmark, built in 1815, is called “the church of the presidents” and has a pew reserved for the Commander in Chief.
Every U.S. leader since James Madison has attended at least one worship service at St. John’s, and every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has attended a prayer service there before being sworn in.