President Franklin D. Roosevelt trumpeted America's foundation of faith to inspire the nation in its finest hour: D-Day, June 6, 1944. "Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set ...
Regarding “75 years after D-Day, world leaders honor veterans” (June 6): On D-Day’s 75th anniversary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day prayer came quickly to mind. He went on national radio the ...
Never had so many Americans prayed together, led neither by a priest nor pastor, but by the president of the United States. Eighty-years ago tonight, as American troops and soldiers of the Allied ...
This story has been corrected. WASHINGTON — On June 6, 1944, as allied troops fought their way into Normandy after the D-Day landings, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation. “Last night ...
CINCINNATI, Oh. — U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, applauded the news on Friday that the Lilly Endowment Inc. has committed the funding needed to install a plaque ...
A couple well-known to Ashland residents took the stage in Washington, D.C. last week to help dedicate an addition to a national monument. Melanie Miller, recently elected as the representative for ...
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It was a few minutes before 10 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his radio broadcast to an anxious nation. Earlier that day, he had held a press ...
On the night of June 6, 1944, President Roosevelt went on national radio to address the nation for the first time about the Normandy invasion. His speech took the form of a prayer. The date and timing ...
President Trump marked the D-Day anniversary by reading an excerpt from a prayer President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered to the nation by radio on the evening of June 6, 1944, in which he spoke ...