By Jordan Edwards
On June 30, President Obama signed the World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013, paving the way for a plaque containing a prayer said by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be placed on the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The bill was passed by the Senate on June 5 by unanimous consent, meaning that there was no vote, only a chance for objections. No senator objected. On June 23, the House of Representatives pushed the bill through on a 370-12 vote.
The prayer, which President Roosevelt recited on D-Day, June 6, 1944, reads in part, “O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade.”
From the July/August 2014 Report From the Capital. Click here to read the next article.
