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And he added, “that it may flow through all times…is my fervent prayer to heaven.” The founders of America never intended to banish God from the public arena, including the public schools.

The national day of prayer was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed by President Harry S. Truman, according to nationaldayofprayer.org.