San Francisco’s Historic Presidio Chapel Jumpstarts Fundraising with “Remembered Light” Exhibition
The Presidio Chapel, built in 1931 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco, has long been a beacon of hope and a place of reflection for people of all faiths. It has served the community for just over 90 years and is now embarking on an effort to raise funds to stabilize, make accessible and expand the historic structure, according to Page & Turnbull, the architecture firm supporting the initiative.
To kick off this ambitious campaign, the Interfaith Center at the Presidio is mounting the exhibition Remembered Light, featuring works from the McDonald Peace Windows collection at San Francisco’s War Memorial Veterans Building. The show runs from Aug. 27 through Nov. 20. The show includes two dozen works, each created from shards of stained glass collected by Frederic A. McDonald (1908-2002), who served as Chaplain to Gen. Omar Bradley in Europe during World War II. He collected the shards from bombed-out cathedrals, synagogues and chapels.