D-Day 79 years later: How FDR's powerful prayer united Americans
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On D-Day, June 6, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt united the nation with a call to spiritual arms, asking Americans to devote themselves to prayer for the invasion's success.
Some Americans believe that his stirring call to spiritual arms can unite the nation once again and pay tribute to the sacrifice and commitment of our military and veterans. The permanent memorial features brass plates engraved with the prayer mounted on a granite base. The young lives of every soldier, sailor and airman hung upon the outcome of the invasion. "Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war." — FDR Americans by the millions instinctively responded to the news of the D-Day invasion by flooding churches and synagogues. "The impulse to pray was overwhelming." — Stephen Ambrose Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
"FDR’s prayer seemed to bring everybody together," said Chris Long of Akron, Ohio, leader of the D-Day Prayer Project, which installed the prayer permanently at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 2022. "We hope it can speak to generations to come."
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