No. XV - The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
And why is it exactly that I have visited the District of Columbia on several occasions expressly for the purpose of tourism and never heard of the National Shrine until I discovered it in the course of randomly exploring (!) ye olde internet? Why is the smaller and, in the eye of this beholder, less impressive National Cathedral (a cathedral of the Episcopal Church, an arm of the bloody Chruch of England, against which we fought the Revolutionary War, for Pete's sake!) the subject of far greater renown than the National Shrine? I call shenanigans, specifically in the form of anti-Catholic bias!
No doubt Skeeter, a Lutheran of all things, will accuse me of "popery."
BTW South Song of the Day
Guster, "Ramona" from Keep It Together (T.L.A.M.)
Sunday, March 4
William Shatner, "Real" from Has Beeen (Mt. Love)
Saturday, March 3
The Hippos, "Celebrate" from Forget the World (T.L.A.M.)
Friday, March 2
New Found Glory, "Forget My Name" from Sticks and Stones (Mt. Love)
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