As
we remember and thank our military servicemen and women and their families and
friends who sacrificed and continue to sacrifice for America’s freedom, I
thought the following reflection would be appropriate for Memorial Day.
Rep.
Bill Johnson (R-OH) introduced HR 2070 directing the Secretary of the Interior
to install at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. a plaque or an
inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the
nation on June 6, 1944, D-Day, the invasion of Normandy, for protection for our
troops.
An
Obama Administration representative for the U. S. Department of the Interior
expressed opposition to the proposal at a November, 2011 House hearing.
However, this bill passed the House of Representatives January 24, 2012 on a
vote of 386-26, and is awaiting consideration in the Senate.
President
Roosevelt’s D-Day prayer was delivered to the nation by radio and is rich with
references to our Creator and our relation to the Almighty, including His
providential actions in history in ending great injustices (see the links
below).
And,
if you have the time on this Memorial Day I also urge you to read or listen to
the speech delivered by President Ronald Reagan at the 40th Anniversary of the
D-Day Invasion delivered on the beach in Normandy, France to veterans who had
fought there (links below).
- Copy of Roosevelt’s typed speech with handwritten
corrections
- Print version FDR prayer
- FDR’s audio address
- Ronald Reagan’s 40th Anniversary of D-Day Invasion
- Video from the Ronald Reagan Library
Bob Marshall
Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate
http://bobmarshall2012.com
Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate
http://bobmarshall2012.com
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