U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Phillip “Endel” Lee, Jr., deputy Chief of Chaplains for Reserve Matters, gives his remarks during the a National Day of Prayer Breakfast at the Paradise Point Officers’ Club on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 2, 2019. The United States Congress established the National Day of Prayer as an annual event in 1952 and President Harry S. Truman signed it into law that same year. Its foundation stems from constitutional rights and it was designed to organize unified public prayer for all Americans regardless of religious background. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ginnie Lee)
National Day of Prayer Breakfast