Coventry Cathedral Plaque

THESE NAILS ARE FROM THE BOMBED CATHEDRAL OF COVENTRY - ENGLAND.
ARCHBISHOP THORNELOE - WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST. PAUL'S AND
OPENED THIS CHURCH FOR WORSHIP - WAS BORN IN COVENTRY AND PREACHED MORE THAN
ONCE IN THE CATHEDRAL AFTER HE BECAME A BISHOP. THERE IS A BOND THEREFORE
BETWEEN COVENTRY CATHEDRAL AND THIS PLACE OF WORSHIP RECOGNIZED BY THE GIFT
OF THESE HISTORIC NAILS WHICH IN THEIR SYMBOLIC FORM WILL BE FOREVER
TREASURED AND PRESERVED.

THE FOLLOWING AS A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE LETTER RECEIVED WITH THE NAILS.
THE ORIGINAL LETTER IS ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF THIS FRAME.
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THE PROVOST'S HOUSE
COVENTRY, DECEMBER 15TH 1942.