![]() You may also want to pray through these Bible verses for veterans that you know and for their families from ![]() May they encourage us to restore not to destroy. May they turn our actions to reconciliation and not to violence. May they turn our thoughts to peace and not to war. Prayer for Remembrance/Veteran’s Dayįor those who have died fighting in wars in all places and all times.įor young lives cut short before their time.įor the atrocities they experienced and perpetrated.įor veterans maimed, disfigured and homeless.įor sufferers of post traumatic stress syndrome.įor refugees who have lost families and homes holiday which honors those who have died in military service, but I feel that the prayer is also very appropriate for today as it reflects our deep desire for healing and for peace. I wrote this prayer several years ago for Memorial Day, another U.S. In Australia and other Commonwealth countries, it is known as Remembrance Day and in some European countries, it is called Armistice Day marking the anniversary of the end of World War I. In the U.S., it is Veteran’s Day, honoring all military veterans who have been honorably discharged. Tax ID: 13-4358477.November 11th is an important day of remembrance. If you’d like to support this monumental effort, please donate now.įriends is a registered 501(c)(3) charity. The D-Day Prayer will be a free-standing element within the restored Circle of Remembrance with the bronze plaque held by granite piers, providing material continuity and lighter feeling.įriends anticipates a Jdedication of the FDR D-Day Prayer Plaque addition. This will be an important and meaningful addition to the Memorial, which is visited by more than 5 million people each year, providing a contemplative space to reflect on and to remember the more than 400,000 American souls lost during World War II. This effort will complete the World War II Memorial, and the additional programming - both onsite and online – will explore the stories of the everyday men and, in particular, the women, of all backgrounds, who served and without whom victory would not have been possible. will allow Friends to complete this effort, begun I 2015, to add President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer to the World War II Memorial, restore the “Circle of Remembrance” – the area where the prayer will be placed, and to develop interpretative programming. ![]() Therefore, Friends took on the responsibility of designing and funding the project.Ī $2 million grant by Lilly Endowment Inc. The legislation stipulated that no federal funds could be used to implement this directive. ![]() In 2014, President Barack Obama signed into law the World War II Memorial Prayer Act (Public Law 113-123) directing that the prayer be added to the World War II Memorial. when it was completed and dedicated in 2004. However, President Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer was not included on the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. in WWII and which we so badly need to revive." It's a reminder of the spirit of unity that defined the U.S. rebuilt Europe and protects it to this day.6 June 1944 was - to my mind - America's finest hour, the peak of its moral authority, and FDR's prayer the most unifying, most moving articulation of all that the world admired and respected about the U.S.'s mission. mission in WWII - 'they fight not for the lust of conquest.they fight to liberate.' Liberate they did - those boys drawn from the ways of 'peace' and ‘democracy’. It beautifully encapsulated the Allied and U.S. "Of all FDR's radio broadcasts I believe it was the most powerful - it united every American in their will to win, to support the war effort, to sacrifice. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.”įriends Board member and New York Times bestselling author Alex Kershaw says of FDR's D-Day Prayer: ![]() “Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. ![]()
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