Despite the flooding all around the region, the sun did shine Thursday as Walker County took time to participate in the 2024 National Day of Prayer (NDOP). Local parishioners gathered
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A group of Walker County citizens pray during the National Day of Prayer on Thursday at the Walker County Fairgrounds. Joseph Brown | The Item
U.S. soldiers were fighting in Korea when President Harry S. Truman signed a congressional resolution calling for an annual National Day of Prayer. The purpose was for people to gather in houses of worship to pray for world peace, according to a report from April 17, 1952.
Since 1988 the event has taken place on the first Thursday in May, diligently observed by some and ignored by others. The 70th edition on Thursday was celebrated at the Walker County Fairgrounds after a year wracked by a devastating pandemic, political polarization and turmoil related to racial injustice.
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