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Essential Temple Tee – with personalizable date (Washington D.C.)

Essential Temple Tee – with personalizable date (Washington D.C.)

$49.99
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Peculiar People started in 2023 while I was serving a mission in San Antonio, Texas. The name comes from Peter's description of the Saints as "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people" — members who keep their covenants without making a show of it, and are fine looking a little old-fashioned for it.

We make apparel with original line art of Latter-day Saint temples, made one temple at a time and printed on heavier, better-made garments. Most members want to talk about the gospel but don't know how to open the door. A shirt someone asks about is an easier start than a knock on one.

— Evan

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If your order arrives damaged, misprinted, or wrong, email us within 30 days with a photo and we'll replace it free — no return needed.

Wrong size? We'll exchange it within 30 days. You cover shipping it back, we cover shipping the new one out.

Changed your mind? Return it within 30 days for a refund. You cover return shipping and the original shipping cost comes off the refund. Items need to be unworn and unwashed either way.

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I add new designs every week! I prioritize recommendations, submit one here and we will email you when our apparel with your design is live!

Essential Temple Tee – with personalizable date (Washington D.C.)

Essential Temple Tee – with personalizable date (Washington D.C.)

$49.99
$49.99
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Personalization

Have a date that means something to you? A sealing date? A mission call date? A baptismal date?

Add an important date and get it made to order especially for you or a loved one.

Follow the accepted date format (Month DD, YYYY) as that is what our machines are set up for.

The Tee

You put on a Peculiar People shirt because it reminds you why we're all here. Because that building is where you were sealed to your spouse, where you got an answer to a prayer you'd been carrying for years, where you first felt something you couldn't explain away. A stepping stone. A day you'll never forget.

You put it on because you want to share that with someone. Because gospel conversations are hard to start. Harder than they were on your mission, when the whole day was built around them.

It's the new white shirt and tie. The new dress. The new name tag you don't need a calling to wear. A shirt you may even feel prompted to wear some days.

That's why I started this company. It doesn't take much for someone who has been prepared to tap you on the shoulder and ask a question that changes the direction of their life. No argument, no pitch, no lesson plan. Just an opening.

And you keep it on because it's premium heavyweight ringspun cotton, garment-dyed to that soft, worn-in vintage look you'd wear even if it said nothing at all.

- Evan

Weight: 6.1 oz/yd²
Fabric: preshrunk 100% ring-spun cotton

Fit: Relaxed, true to size.

Tighter fit: size down 1 size
Regular fit: your actual size
Relaxed fit: size up 1 size
Loose fit: size up 2 sizes
Oversize fit: size up 3 sizes

Size Guide

Washington D.C. Temple

Location
Kensington, Maryland. The temple carries the name of the capital it serves, but the building itself stands in suburban Kensington, Maryland, on a 52-acre site about 10 miles north of the U.S. Capitol. It rises in full view of the Capital Beltway (I-495), where millions of drivers have seen it since 1974.

Temple Number
The Church's 16th operating temple at its dedication, the first built in the Eastern United States and the Church's first east of the Mississippi River since the 1840s.

Announced
. Ground was broken on the Kensington site just over three weeks later.

Groundbreaking
. President Hugh B. Brown of the First Presidency presided. Full construction began .

Dedicated
, by President Spencer W. Kimball, in ten sessions held over four days through , attended by some 40,000 members from across the eastern United States and eastern Canada.

Rededicated
, by President Russell M. Nelson, in three sessions, following a renovation that had closed the temple since March 2018.

Architecture
Fred L. Markham, Henry P. Fetzer, Harold K. Beecher, and Keith W. Wilcox, architects, working under Church architect Emil B. Fetzer. Six-spire reinforced concrete structure sheathed in 173,000 square feet of Alabama white marble, 248 feet long by 136 feet wide, rising 288 feet to the top of the angel Moroni statue, with 156,558 square feet of floor area. It has been the tallest temple in the Church since its dedication.

Ordinance Rooms
Six instruction rooms, ten sealing rooms, and a baptistry with the font resting on twelve oxen representing the tribes of Israel.

First Temple President
Edward E. Drury Jr., a former Denver stake president who had just been released as president of the Delaware-Maryland Mission, called in 1973 ahead of the temple's 1974 opening.

Construction Story
  • The temple was announced on November 15, 1968 and the site broken three weeks later, but full construction waited until . The finished building cost approximately $15 million, furnishings included.
  • The seven-week public open house in the fall of 1974 drew 758,328 visitors, breaking the record of 662,401 set by the Los Angeles California Temple. Demand for tickets forced organizers to expand from two phone lines to seventeen.
  • First Lady Betty Ford toured on and called the visit "a really, truly great experience." Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Chief Justice Warren Burger also walked through before the dedication.
  • The Church held its largest news conference to date on the temple's 878-foot enclosed walkway bridge, with more than 100 reporters attending; coverage ultimately ran to 1,374 articles in 931 newspapers across all 50 states.

Changes Over Time
  • The temple closed for a renovation lasting more than four years: energy-efficient mechanical, electrical, and lighting systems, new plumbing, refreshed finishes and furnishings, and improved grounds.
  • Pandemic delays pushed the reopening celebration to 2022. The public open house ran to , was extended to meet demand, and drew almost 350,000 guests, including U.S. senators, Supreme Court justices, and foreign ambassadors.
  • President Nelson, who rededicated the temple in 2022, had himself attended the original dedication in 1974.

Symbolism & Design
  • The six spires deliberately echo the Salt Lake Temple. Per the design intent the Church has published, the Salt Lake Temple represented the foundation of the Church and the Washington D.C. Temple its international future.
  • The spires are finished in 24-karat gold, and the 18-foot gold-leafed bronze angel Moroni by sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks makes this one of five temples whose Moroni statue holds the gold plates.
  • The exterior marble came from the quarry at Sylacauga, Alabama, and the windows combine stained glass with panels of translucent marble.

Trivia
  • Washington radio personalities came to use the temple as a reference point when announcing Beltway traffic, a sign it had taken its place among the monuments of the capital.
  • Since the 1970s the phrase "SURRENDER DOROTHY" has appeared again and again on the CSX railroad bridge that crosses the Beltway near the temple, a Wizard of Oz joke likening the temple's spires to the Emerald City. Highway crews repeatedly removed it, and in 2018 the bridge briefly read "SURRENDER DONALD" instead.
  • During the 1974 open house, President Spencer W. Kimball offered the invocation in the U.S. Senate and Elder Gordon B. Hinckley did the same in the House of Representatives on back-to-back days.

Temple facts verified as of .

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FAQ

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Is it appropriate to wear a temple on a shirt?

I get this one a lot, and I thought about it before I drew the first one. These are architectural drawings of a building, not anything that happens inside it. No slogans, nothing that turns the temple into a punchline. If you'd put a framed temple photo in your living room, this is that same idea on cotton.

No. We are an independent company. Peculiar People is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Our goal with our clothing is for it to be seen. Which means it also needs to be your go-to comfort clothing.

It's made to be the first thing you grab when you want to be comfortable, and the first clothing you'll be prompted to wear.

Our prints are made to last. To esure No bleach, and no fabric softener, which coats the fibers and dulls the print over time. Don't iron over the design. You can wash it before the first wear to get the loose surface dye off, but you don't have to.

It's a men's cut. If you normally wear a women's medium, order a small for a fitted look or a medium if you want it roomier. The size guide video shows a woman at 5'9" in a small and a man at 6'4" in a large.

Original line art, made here, one temple at a time. Every drawing gets checked against verified references before we add it to our collection.

Yes. Ward and stake temple trips, mission reunions, family reunions. Email support@peculiarpeopleco.com with the temple, the garment, and roughly how many people, and I'll get back to you with a price.

An SVG of the temple line art for $4.95. Same drawing that goes on the shirts. It's a vector, so it scales to any size without going soft at the edges, and it opens in Cricut, Illustrator, Figma, or anything else that reads vectors.

This file should not be shared and is not permitted for commercial use.

Have a design suggestion?

Have a design suggestion for a temple design we haven't made yet? We are working on getting them all designed! Submit a request and we will prioritize your design.

We will get back to you within two business days!