The Rev. Canon Ralph Godsall, priest vicar of Westminster Abbey and visiting clergy at the Cathedral gets ready to start his race along side the Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope, National Cathedral Vicar who fist bumps with the Rev. Deborah Meister, Rector of St. Alban's Parish during the Washington National Cathedral Pancake Races held in front of the Cathedral on Shrove Tuesday, more commonly known as "Mardi Gras.", Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. This years annual Pancake Races are entitled the “Shake, Rattle & Race Edition,†in light of the earthquake damage the cathedral sustained earlier this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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