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Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral

by Jed on November 15th, 2007

Earlier this week I posted a Visitor’s Guide to St. Paul’s Cathedral. Today I’d like to talk about Thanksgiving in London… at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

The United States and St. Paul’s have an interesting relationship. It was J. Pierpont Morgan who paid to have electricity installed in St. Paul’s back in 1903. After World War II, the British public paid to have the American Memorial Chapel built at the bomb-damaged eastern end of the church.

Each Thanksgiving, St. Paul’s opens its doors to Americans for a Thanksgiving service. As Thanksgiving is a very unique holiday, it’s a rather nice experience for all of us American expats here in London and the UK.

In the past, tickets have been required for security reasons. According to the St. Paul’s website, that is not the case this year, though you may want to carry your passport just in case.

Here is more information on the service:

St. Paul’s page on Thanksgiving service
St. Paul’s page on this year’s service details

Date: Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 22nd
Time: 11am
Where: St. Paul’s Cathedral
Getting There: St. Paul’s station on the Central Line. (More details and a map can be found on my previous post.)

Photo from St. Paul’s website.

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