FDR D-Day Prayer and World War 2 Memorial
World War 2
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Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has introduced a bill to place President Franklin
D. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer on the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C.
“On D-Day, courageous Americans risked and sacrificed their lives to
preserve our freedoms and end tyranny abroad,” said Portman. “That morning,
President Roosevelt asked our nation to come together to pray for the men
overseas.”
A senator in the key swing state of Ohio, Portman is considered one of the
top potential picks for Vice President on the 2012 Republican ticket.
In a May 10 statement shortly after he introduced the legislation, he
explained that Roosevelt’s prayer “brought strength and comfort to many during
one of the most challenging times for our nation.”
Those words “will forever be etched in our history,” he said.
The World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012 would commemorate D-Day, June
6, 1944, when more than 150,000 American, British and Canadian troops landed
along a 50-mile beach stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline.
More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded, but the invasion
allowed many others to begin the march across Europe to fight Hitler’s forces.
On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited the nation to prayer
through a national radio address.
In his historic prayer, Roosevelt asked the Lord to watch over those who
were fighting “to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization,
and to set free a suffering humanity.”
He called on America to join with him in praying for guidance to fight
“greed and racial arrogances” while seeking true freedom and lasting peace.
The president called for the blessings of Almighty God in the fight for
justice and freedom, saying that “by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our
cause, our sons will triumph.”
Although many people had asked him to call for “a single day of special prayer,” Roosevelt said that he instead wanted to encourage the people to “devote themselves in a continuance of prayer.”
Although many people had asked him to call for “a single day of special prayer,” Roosevelt said that he instead wanted to encourage the people to “devote themselves in a continuance of prayer.”
Acknowledging that the road ahead would be long and difficult, he prayed for
the gifts of faith, courage and strength, both for the soldiers and the
American people at home.
“As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of
prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts,” he said.
The president also beseeched the Lord to embrace those soldiers who would not return, welcoming them into his kingdom.
The president also beseeched the Lord to embrace those soldiers who would not return, welcoming them into his kingdom.
Asking that God’s “will be done,” Roosevelt prayed for those at home “to
rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.”
Portman said that his bill ensures that Roosevelt’s prayer “will become a
permanent reminder of the sacrifice of those who fought in World War II,” as
well as a modern remembrance of “the power of prayer through difficult times.”
A companion bill, introduced by Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), was
passed by the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year. (Catholic News
Agency)
Beautiful, Moving prayer
On June 6, 1944, President
Franklin Roosevelt led the nation in prayer as troops launched the D-Day
invasion: “Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon
the mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion and our
civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and
true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in
their faith. They will need Thy blessings.” It is a beautiful, moving prayer,
noting that “some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them,
Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.”
On November 4, 2011 a
measure to display the D-Day prayer got a thumbs down from the Obama
Administration, according to Fox News. Obama’s Bureau of Land Management
Director, Robert Abbey, claimed the prayer would “dilute this elegant
memorial’s central message and its ability to clearly convey that message to
move, educate, and inspire its many visitors.” Translation: it’s embarrassing.
Not only does it dare call for a total victory (“with Thy blessing we shall
prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy”)—it’s penned by one of the left’s
heroes. And thus must be purged. ~Rush Limbaugh
Well, the Obama
administration has banned adding this beautiful prayer to the WWII memorial in
Washington, D.C.
Rep. Bill Johnson’s (R-Ohio)
responded by saying, “It is unconscionable that the Obama administration would
stand in the way of honoring our nation’s distinguished World War II veterans…
President Roosevelt’s prayer gave solace, comfort and strength to our nation
and our brave warriors as we fought against tyranny and oppression.”
I agree. All Americans, and
especially Christians, should be outraged.
During an interview with Fox
News, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council stated, “Any president, any
official in history that has embraced Christianity, is no longer welcome in
this administration. That’s the environment they are creating.”
When voting this November,
please remember the anti-Christian agenda of Barack Hussein Obama.
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