On June 6, 1944 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt , led a nation caught up in the turmoil of World War II, in mass prayer.
In honor of Memorial Day, and in an effort to pay tribute to those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, this episode I recite FDR’s D-Day Prayer.
“The White House distributed the text (of the prayer written by FDR and members of his family) on the morning of June 6, 1944, so that the afternoon newspapers could publish it and listeners could pray along with Roosevelt when he broadcast that evening. With an estimated audience of 100 million, FDR was to lead what must rank as one of the largest mass prayers in human history.”
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Story created & performed by:
Podcast Coordinator: Cori Birce
Audio Production: Ken Wendt
Original Art: Pete Whitehead
