https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1231 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/08ad49ef-5e19-4761-b18d-604d42ff3b58/times+square+2000_times_square_ball_at_waterford.jpg This Week - December 31: First Lighted Ball Drop in Times Square (1907) - This is the cover from a January 1915 issue of The Illustrated London News that reported on the Christmas Truce. This is the fourth Times Square Ball, created for the 1999 drop and used until 2007. Photo by Hunter Kahn / Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1230 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/096c4bda-ae35-48f8-9baa-c1b6502f2915/philippines+shutterstock_215399578.jpg This Week - December 30: Rizal Day in the Philippines - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/49891d9f-e74a-497d-b930-357feba95670/rizal+park+shutterstock_1144591586.jpg This Week - December 30: Rizal Day in the Philippines - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Rizal Park in Manila is located around the site of the 1896 execution of José Rizal. It now is home to monuments honoring him. Photo by rainyclub / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1229 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c1556203-d190-4b46-b4a8-3f436162e47a/mongolia+shutterstock_450725128.jpg This Week - December 29: Independence Day in Mongolia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0e9c71ef-406e-4f22-9a46-776df14eae11/mongolia+ger+-+hecke61+shutterstock_2575887847.jpg This Week - December 29: Independence Day in Mongolia - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. An historic Mongolian word, tuurgatan, means “people of the felt-walled tents". About 30% of Mongolians maintain a semi-nomadic lifestyle, living in gers (also called yurts) and moving their herds from place to place. Photo by hecke61 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1228 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6d0a1146-1f0e-4769-b904-9bb475a171f1/Institut_Lumi%C3%A8re_-_Cinematograph.jpg This Week - December 28: Lumière Brothers Film Debut (1895) - This is the cover from a January 1915 issue of The Illustrated London News that reported on the Christmas Truce. This is a Cinématographe on display at the Institut Lumière in Lyon, France. Photo by Victorgrigas / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1227 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6608aad0-f292-4c90-9c8c-e4cb35b609b9/world+bank+-+Poetra.RH+shutterstock_2500421801.jpg This Week - December 27: Creation of the World Bank (1945) - This is the cover from a January 1915 issue of The Illustrated London News that reported on the Christmas Truce. World Bank office in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo by Poetra.RH / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1226 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/41a30d16-cf26-4684-8c89-b4103279a034/boxing+day+-+Kazuno+William+Empson+shutterstock_2405428407.jpg This Week - December 26: Boxing Day - This is the cover from a January 1915 issue of The Illustrated London News that reported on the Christmas Truce. In addition to gift giving, Boxing Day has become associated with shopping and sporting events. People also raise money for charities through events like this 2023 Fun Dip in Saltburn-by-the-sea, Teeside, England. Photo by Kazuno William Empson / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1225 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2517accd-0289-4eb9-b2de-29c8fd3bcbf7/christmas+truce.jpg This Week - December 25: Christmas Truce (1914) - This is the cover from a January 1915 issue of The Illustrated London News that reported on the Christmas Truce. Bill Anders took this photo of Earth rising over the surface of the Moon. Image courtesy NASA. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1224 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8f40d69a-61a5-43aa-9265-42ca2ace5ec4/earthrise+-+NASA.jpg This Week - December 24: Message from the Moon (1968) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Bill Anders took this photo of Earth rising over the surface of the Moon. Image courtesy NASA. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1223 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b80e308b-fcf5-419b-a8a9-a0dd9e9ad8dc/walker+-+National+Museum+of+African+American+History+and+Culture+Collection.jpg This Week - December 23: Birthday of Madam C. J. Walker (1867) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Tin for Madam C. J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower. Image from the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1222 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3f995eac-4d96-44a1-b1f8-20b3719ac68c/lady+bird+johnson+-+LBJ+Library+photo+by+Robert+Knudsen.jpg This Week - December 22: Birthday of Lady Bird Johnson (1912) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. The Johnsons loved spending time at their ranch in Texas. This photo shows Lady Bird in a field of Texas wildflowers. LBJ Library photo by Robert Knudsen. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1221 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6d46463d-96eb-4abf-9036-6bb928d224d2/naismith+-+Martin+Good+shutterstock_489282169.jpg This Week - December 21: First Official Basketball Game (1891) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Kansas artist Elden Teft created this statue of James Naismith. This copy is located in Naismith’s birthplace of Almonte, Ontario. Identical copies are located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and in Lawrence, Kansas, where Naismith coached at the University of Kansas. Photo by Martin Good / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1220 monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e1d97531-2fb2-487d-9902-b56e89cee3b2/bedford+falls+-+wmc.jpg This Week - December 20: Debut of “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. The town of Seneca Falls, New York, claims to be the inspiration for the fictional town of Bedford Falls. The town is home to a museum and an annual festival related to the movie. Photo by Andre Carrotflower / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1219 monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5f55ca7b-b5c9-463d-b99c-8e8e8b77c0f2/arena+hockey+club.jpg This Week - December 19: First National Hockey League Games (1917) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. The Arena Hockey Club of Toronto won the first NHL season. After defeating the top team from the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, they considered themselves champions of the world. Photo courtesy Angus Carroll. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1218 monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/32ff8909-4dd5-451a-962f-fb64dff03193/qatar+shutterstock_342553799.jpg This Week - December 18: National Day in Qatar - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/77d8ce35-2d71-48e5-b42d-ccd0c79ba9e9/qatar+Shadow+of+light+shutterstock_2409578879.jpg This Week - December 18: National Day in Qatar - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Celebrating National Day with a sword dance in Doha, Qatar (2017). Photo by Shadow of light / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1217 monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d0227101-76e3-4c13-a1a3-7c59474b708c/bhutan+shutterstock_448473715.jpg This Week - December 17: National Day in Bhutan - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/35ef8d62-3874-4c91-8e53-3ef4cf265282/bhutan+-+DebashisK+shutterstock_2514731801.jpg This Week - December 17: National Day in Bhutan - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Buddhist monastery in Bhutan (2024). Photo by DebashisK / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1216 monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0e0c8990-752c-4f34-8b09-f3ac3976f921/bahrain+shutterstock_448252747.jpg This Week - December 16: National Day in Bahrain - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/4b255cf0-547a-4672-a958-f1005097e923/bahrain+-+Satheesh+Cholakkal+shutterstock_1304108455.jpg This Week - December 16: National Day in Bahrain - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. People celebrate National Day in Bahrain in 2018. Photo by Satheesh Cholakkal / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1215 monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7439f7f8-b65e-4554-9ced-799b15c23288/1944+Eiffel+Tower.jpg This Week - December 15: Birthday of Gustave Eiffel (1832) - When Wesley Notgrass was in Paris during World War II, he took this photo of the Eiffel Tower. Margaret Chase in Washington, D.C., on her high school senior class trip in 1916. Photo courtesy the Margaret Chase Smith Library. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1214 monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8257a8b0-f212-4bfc-98d2-5c809954fcc7/chase+dc+-+mcsl.jpg This Week - December 14: Birthday of Margaret Chase Smith (1897) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Margaret Chase in Washington, D.C., on her high school senior class trip in 1916. Photo courtesy the Margaret Chase Smith Library. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1213 monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5204e84a-9a15-437a-8756-bc7b8d297aa5/saint+lucia+shutterstock_286389164.jpg This Week - December 13: National Day in Saint Lucia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2f8f2afa-d391-4941-8bfb-9b75c3c3876f/saint+lucia+shutterstock_2062909673.jpg This Week - December 13: National Day in Saint Lucia - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Soufriere, Saint Lucia (2021). Photo by KLiK Photography / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1212 monthly 0.5 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2b81f74a-f8a3-4659-a832-dbe58c8e8811/kenya+shutterstock_208602298.jpg This Week - December 12: Jamhuri Day in Kenya - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d81246f7-d1be-4369-9bca-dce20619a0c2/mount+kenya+-+Naeemphotographer2+shutterstock_2546479051.jpg This Week - December 12: Jamhuri Day in Kenya - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Mount Kenya (17,057 feet) is the second-tallest peak in Africa, after Mount Kilimanjaro (19,341 feet) in neighboring Tanzania. Photo by Naeemphotographer2 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1211 monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7307adf9-ab01-4720-81c3-bd9b116ec8b7/ace+sign+-+loc.jpg This Week - December 11: Georges Claude Debuts a Neon Light (1910) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. The Ace Sign Company was established in Springfield, Illinois, in 1940, and the company is home to a sign museum. This image shows different colors of neon lights there. Image courtesy the Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1210 monthly 0.5 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0c64fdd9-0c94-4071-89d1-17033d2b2b18/nobel+prize+museum+-+Andi+Berdica+shutterstock_2419139359.jpg This Week - December 10: First Nobel Prizes Awarded (1901) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. The Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo by Andi Berdica / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1209 monthly 0.5 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d2706059-74ec-4251-b100-6e60f1a045ec/nicholls.jpg This Week - December 9: Birthday of Douglas Nicholls (1906) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. This image shows Sir Douglas Nicholls at the ceremony installing him as Governor of South Australia. Image by the Australian Information Service, Canberra, courtesy the National Archives of Australia. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1208 monthly 0.5 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/50a0db76-cd80-4abb-87ac-7b63db48f479/whitney+gun+factory.jpg This Week - December 8: Birthday of Eli Whitney (1765) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. An 1827 painting by William Giles Munson of Whitney’s gun factory in the community of Whitneyville, Connecticut. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1207 monthly 0.5 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/664a6508-b78e-42c7-800e-4e151d19eb1a/delaware+flag.png This Week - December 7: Delaware Day - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Delaware adopted its current state flag in 1913. It prominently features the date that Delaware ratified the U.S. Constitution. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1206 monthly 0.5 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/bae16fd1-2baa-447b-93fb-f5e561604b69/washington+monument+harper%27s+weekly.png This Week - December 6: The Washington Monument Is Completed (1884) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. This illustration of the completion of the Washington Monument appeared in the December 20, 1884, issue of Harper’s Weekly. It is based on a sketch by S. H. Nealy, who was there. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1205 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d31a8635-9838-4d7a-b1c2-7430800b33f6/lane+senate+-+loc.jpg This Week - December 5: Birthday of Rose Wilder Lane (1886) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Louis Ludlow, a U.S. representative from Indiana, proposed a Constitutional amendment in 1938 that would require a vote by the American people before Congress could declare war. Rose Wilder Lane attended a Senate committee meeting in 1939 to voice her support for the amendment. Image courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1204 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1dfcc729-7c78-4bb7-9a4d-34495723f8c5/Mariner%25204-%2520image%252011e--hi-res%5B1%5D.jpg This Week - December 4: Launch of the Mars Pathfinder Mission (1996) - Make it stand out Mariner 4 transmitted 21 pictures back to earth. This is one of them. Image courtesy NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/75935ee2-eab8-4bb0-a8fd-cfaa32f865b7/sojourner+-+nasa.jpg This Week - December 4: Launch of the Mars Pathfinder Mission (1996) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. This photo shows the Sojourner rover on Mars. Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1203 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ad8d9e01-b319-46d8-9df9-6a648b5de896/heart+transplant+-+nih.jpg This Week - December 3: First Human to Human Heart Transplant (1967) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. The first photograph of the surgical team taken after the first heart transplant. Photo courtesy David Cooper from his article “Christiaan Barnard-The surgeon who dared: The story of the first human-to-human heart transplant.” CC BY 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1202 monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3267214b-ef62-47b3-b7a5-b84a217dedb5/laos+shutterstock_452023660.jpg This Week - December 2: Lao National Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ee39cdac-de1d-4939-925b-282e71108b0a/elephant+-+KaikeoSaiyasane+shutterstock_1679662873.jpg This Week - December 2: Lao National Day - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Though the elephant population has declined, elephants remain an important part of Laotian culture. Photo by KaikeoSaiyasane / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1201 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/67ecec71-92be-4ad1-a4c9-a6813082fc3c/Rosa_parks_bus+-+wmc+cc.jpg This Week - December 1: Rosa Parks Is Arrested (1955) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. This is the bus Rosa Parks was riding when she refused to give up her seat. It is now on display at The Henry Ford museum in Michigan. Photo by Rmhermen / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1130 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/dc13572b-e4bc-4630-a22a-91fe03f6357b/letourneau+-+loc.jpg This Week - November 30: Birthday of R. G. LeTourneau (1888) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Soldiers inspect the tires on a LeTourneau road scraper during World War II. Image courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1129 monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/22c41662-1f58-4f1a-877a-9ae1aef34437/cs+lewis+square+-+dotmiller1986+shutterstock_2220155339.jpg This Week - November 29: Birthday of C. S. Lewis (1898) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. C. S. Lewis Square in Belfast, Northern Ireland, features statues of Aslan and other characters from his Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia. Photo by dotmiller1986 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1128 monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d6505880-48ea-4545-ab2d-18dacb3c1504/albania+shutterstock_251177497.jpg This Week - November 28: Independence Day in Albania - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e6b44b03-84aa-49a0-b587-9fe0c6ab8158/albania+-+arda+savasciogullari+shutterstock_2400684163.jpg This Week - November 28: Independence Day in Albania - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Albanians celebrate Independence Day on November 28, 2023. Photo by arda savasciogullari / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1127 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d5a9347e-0dd9-45da-9828-df46c5cbc154/macy%27s+1924.jpg This Week - November 27: First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (1924) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Even though it was hosted on Thanksgiving day in 1924, the first Macy’s parade was called the Christmas Parade. Image courtesy Macy’s. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1126 monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/93cea1fc-db7d-4fa0-bae9-6d8bf0a0ca06/william+cooper+-+National+Library+of+Wales.jpg This Week - November 26: Birthday of William Cowper (1731) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Portrait of William Cowper. Image courtesy the National Library of Wales. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1125 monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/68c60417-ed62-4ebb-b89e-8d3f2cf57f27/Bosnia+and+Herzegovina+shutterstock_253682695.jpg This Week - November 25: Statehood Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/55d4dbc5-cb03-46ea-b63d-381a3a2c1626/bosnia+-+Vedad.Ceric+shutterstock_2392892417.jpg This Week - November 25: Statehood Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. This photo shows decorations for Statehood Day in Sarajevo on November 25, 2023. Photo by Vedad.Ceric / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1124 monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8406d211-d09c-43ba-9bf2-92c190643e4e/texas+ranger+-+loc.jpg This Week - November 24: Organization of the Texas Rangers (1835) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Don Hunt created this statue of a Texas Ranger, which is on display at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco. Photo courtesy the Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1123 monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/400cde29-a655-4648-8634-a41b6b86b7fa/life+magazine+-+Blunder+Busster+shutterstock_1641408526.jpg This Week - November 23: First Issue of LIFE Magazine (1936) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. This image shows copies of LIFE magazine for sale at an antique mall in West Virginia. Photo by Blunder Busster / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1122 monthly 0.5 2025-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/063ff6b6-9533-4070-8376-82d1e73d1515/Lebanon+shutterstock_327701810.jpg This Week - November 22: Independence Day in Lebanon - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b0c72805-0b70-4ab0-926d-b3062638e7aa/lebanon+Arthur+Sarradin+shutterstock_1985108534.jpg This Week - November 22: Independence Day in Lebanon - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. This photo shows people observing Independence Day in Beruit, Lebanon, on November 22, 2019. Photo by Arthur Sarradin / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1121 monthly 0.5 2025-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7c7d8e75-e51f-4073-8cce-a37468404864/melrose+-+wmc.jpg This Week - November 21: Birthday of Elizabeth George Speare (1908) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. This postcard shows the train depot in Melrose, Massachusetts, around the time of Speare’s birth. She described her hometown as “an ideal place in which to have grown up, close to fields and woods where we hiked and picnicked, and near to Boston where we frequently had family treats of theaters and concerts.” https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1120 monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/507f9347-2001-4f4f-b59e-b5abccb8f709/rfk+-+sven+walnum.jpg This Week - November 20: Birthday of Robert F. Kennedy (1925) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Robert F. Kennedy speaks in California at a 1968 campaign event. Image courtesy Sven Walnum, The Sven Walnum Photograph Collection/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1119 monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/29ac41bb-219f-4702-934c-73803b8a5130/lincoln+gettysburg+-+loc.jpg This Week - November 19: Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address (1863) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. This photo shows President Lincoln at the ceremony on November 19, 1863. He is looking down, slightly to the left of the man in the center wearing a top hat. Josephine Cobb, chief of the National Archives Still Pictures Branch, recognized Lincoln in the original glass plate in 1952. Image courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1118 monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/06dffdc2-73a8-47f0-8f79-c0b29e8c618f/Morocco+shutterstock_495434752.jpg This Week - November 18: Independence Day in Morocco - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/36167d3a-f1dc-47e9-9414-60726685307e/morocco+goats+-+Muhammad+Shiraaz+Carrim+shutterstock_1883552734.jpg This Week - November 18: Independence Day in Morocco - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Goats in Morocco have an interdependent relationship with argan trees. The goats climb up into the trees to eat the trees’ fruit. They then spit out the seeds. Photo by Muhammad Shiraaz Carrim / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1117 monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/699db76b-43b0-4ef3-86a5-28701658ca4f/suez+canal.jpg This Week - November 17: The Suez Canal Opens for Traffic (1869) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. This satellite image shows the location of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Image courtesy NASA Worldview. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1116 monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/bb3dc27f-7d50-409f-abd7-7ecfd6929295/jimmie+angel+plane+-+wmc+cc+by-sa+30.jpg This Week - November 16: Jimmie Angel Sees the World’s Tallest Waterfall (1933) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. After the recovery of Jimmie Angel’s plane, many of the original parts were used to build this restored airplane that was put on display at the airport in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela. Photo by Yosemite / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1115 monthly 0.5 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8e611caa-cb0f-491c-b880-0285afffd3a0/o%27keeffe+museum+-+John+Phelan+wmc+cc+by+30.jpg This Week - November 15: Birthday of Georgia O’Keeffe (1887) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photo by John Phelan / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1114 monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8f232340-15f6-4724-a061-1e763b821bd5/rice+putin+-+U.S.+State+Department.jpg This Week - November 14: Birthday of Condoleezza Rice (1954) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Because Condoleezza Rice spoke Russian, she could communicate with Russian President Vladimir Putin without a translator. This photo shows a meeting with Putin in Russia in 2006. Photo courtesy the U.S. State Department. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1113 monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f14fa82e-fc9b-432f-b76e-d1eec253ddfa/blackfeet+-+kavram+shutterstock_21307720.jpg This Week - November 13: Constitution of the Blackfeet Nation (1935) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. Entrance to the Blackfeet Nation (2008). Photo by kavram / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1112 monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3f534d3d-b8fa-41ca-8ffe-59c7730ee790/ellis+island+-+loc.jpg This Week - November 12: Ellis Island Closes (1954) - People awaiting processing at Ellis Island (c. 1906). Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. 2024 Independence Day parade in Gdansk, Poland. Photo by Lili_Ess / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1111 monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/45081394-9b4f-4210-9af7-2c1d1acc95f5/Poland+shutterstock_221553112.jpg This Week - November 11: Independence Day in Poland - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2cdd0626-0990-4460-9240-9def94c66a4b/polish+independence+day+shutterstock_2543877353.jpg This Week - November 11: Independence Day in Poland - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. 2024 Independence Day parade in Gdansk, Poland. Photo by Lili_Ess / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1110 monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b0644f11-59a3-4cfb-a17e-7b22c6334a36/EinFesteBurg.jpg This Week - November 10: Birthday of Martin Luther (1483) - This is one of the first images Röntgen created using X-rays. It is thought to be the hand of his wife, Anna, and shows her wedding ring. They were married for 47 years. Image courtesy the Wellcome Collection / CC BY-NC 4.0. This hymn book is open to Martin Luther’s hymn, “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott” (“A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"). Photo by Paul T. McCain / CC BY-SA 2.5. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1109 monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7ba06bf3-0fd7-45c9-850b-ee72ebf6a281/Cambodia+shutterstock_449609410.jpg This Week - November 9: Independence Day in Cambodia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/dd9720fd-e3f0-4a0e-a2c1-f7de12f823f5/angkor+wat+-+R.M.+Nunes+shutterstock_1117284941.jpg This Week - November 9: Independence Day in Cambodia - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Covering 400 acres, Angkor Wat is considered the largest religious structure in the world by land area. Photo by R.M. Nunes / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1108 monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/96f0b3c9-27f7-4876-8d73-b93929e78582/x-ray+wellcome+cc+by+nc+40.jpg This Week - November 8: Wilhelm Röntgen Discovers X-rays (1895) - This is one of the first images Röntgen created using X-rays. It is thought to be the hand of his wife, Anna, and shows her wedding ring. They were married for 47 years. Image courtesy the Wellcome Collection / CC BY-NC 4.0. Children in Wales prepare to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day on November 5, 1954. Image courtesy the National Library of Wales / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1107 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/29f385d4-ebc3-4d23-8dad-e1c51ddd0aef/Tenskwatawa+-+wmc.jpg This Week - November 7: Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) - Portrait of Tenskwatawa by Charles Bird King (c. 1820) Children in Wales prepare to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day on November 5, 1954. Image courtesy the National Library of Wales / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1106 monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/bf4f69d5-b55e-4e5b-877a-d37f297b8dbe/suleyman.jpg This Week - November 6: Birthday of Suleyman (1494) - Portrait of Suleyman by Nakkaş Osman (1579) Children in Wales prepare to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day on November 5, 1954. Image courtesy the National Library of Wales / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1105 monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/74f4cd05-71fc-476a-9bc1-d7b1e37e28d7/wales+guy+fawkes+-+NLW.jpg This Week - November 5: Guy Fawkes Day - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Children in Wales prepare to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day on November 5, 1954. Image courtesy the National Library of Wales / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1104 monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/faee1625-b488-41e8-91d3-9b40eab8774f/will+rogers+-+nara.jpg This Week - November 4: Birthday of Will Rogers (1879) - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. During Harry Truman’s 1949 inaugural parade, Oklahoma’s float honored Will Rogers. Photo courtesy the National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1103 monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0f054d7b-47f2-440c-be23-cb8ba0f39557/panama+shutterstock_197607026.jpg This Week - November 3: Independence Day in Panama - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/19a70507-c1a8-402a-a6c7-b32af4d82527/san+blas+-+Stefan+Neumann+shutterstock_1607772103.jpg This Week - November 3: Independence Day in Panama - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Guna Yala is a province of Panama that includes an archipelago of over 300 islands in the Caribbean. This is the home of the Guna (or Kuna) people, who have a significant degree of autonomy. Photo by Stefan Neumann / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1102 monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c44c7149-893c-44b6-a39f-eb800b6f3910/dakota.jpg This Week - November 2: North Dakota and South Dakota Become States (1889) - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Photos by Katherine Welles / Shutterstock .com and Dave Smallen / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1101 monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8f23c110-78a6-4ebc-9a19-52e06ddd731b/antigua+and+barbuda+-+shutterstock_286389161.jpg This Week - November 1: Independence Day in Antigua and Barbuda - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0f3ddb2b-2a73-4a26-a7e2-20b1c41041b9/antigua+beach+-+IndustryAndTravel+shutterstock_767376187.jpg This Week - November 1: Independence Day in Antigua and Barbuda - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Tourism promoters claim that Antigua and Barbuda has 365 beaches—one for each day of the year. This 2017 photo shows a beach on Rendezvous Bay. Photo by IndustryAndTravel / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1031 monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c5cb620b-019f-41ff-8814-bc96eec8ea81/mount+rushmore+-+Frennet+Studio+shutterstock_2254862039.jpg This Week - October 31: Mount Rushmore Declared Complete (1941) - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. This 2023 photo shows Mount Rushmore with state flags in the foreground. Photo by Frennet Studio / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1030 monthly 0.5 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/75911310-ff74-45c8-9a3b-220441d12a0a/war+headline++-+NARA.jpg This Week - October 30: Radio Broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” (1938) - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. This is a headline from a Chicago newspaper on October 31, 1938. Image from the records of the Federal Communications Commission. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1029 monthly 0.5 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2b5fbf9c-dc13-49cb-af68-cfca39ed5dab/south+africa+shutterstock_2350027925.jpg This Week - October 29: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (1998) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/45906fef-a80a-405f-9791-2a789b1ddab4/nobel+square+-+Marek+Poplawski+shutterstock_367856087.jpg This Week - October 29: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (1998) - The copper statue originally had a copper color (reddish-organge). However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the Statue of Liberty is now green. Nobel Square in Cape Town, South Africa, features statues of the country’s four Nobel Peace Prize winners: Albert Luthuli, Desmond Tutu, F. W. de Klerk, and Nelson Mandela. Another nearby sculpture, ‘Peace and Democracy,” honors the work of women and children in the anti-apartheid movement. Photo by Marek Poplawski / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1028 monthly 0.5 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/94bbedf7-50be-405c-8b3f-77eec9334463/statue+of+liberty+postcard.jpg This Week - October 28: The Statue of Liberty Dedicated (1886) - The Statue of Liberty, made of copper, originally had a copper color. However, copper naturally oxidizes to form a green patina. This is why the statue is now green. Members of the Grand Ole Opry performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1947. This photo shows Minnie Pearl with two of her fellow entertainers. Photo courtesy the William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1027 monthly 0.5 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/96c85a5f-dbdd-4fef-8693-9111eb3ae40d/barrett+-+white+house.jpg This Week - October 27: Amy Coney Barrett Joins the Supreme Court (2020) - Make it stand out President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pose with Judge Amy Coney Barrett and family members at the White House. Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1026 monthly 0.5 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/76a736e2-6bb2-484f-80c2-01e905ec20d0/Alfred_Jewel_2025+-+Geni+wmc+cc+by-sa+40.jpg This Week - October 26: Death of Alfred the Great (899) - This object, called the Alfred Jewel, was discovered in 1693. It has an inscription in Old English around the edge that says, “Alfred had me made.” Members of the Grand Ole Opry performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1947. This photo shows Minnie Pearl with two of her fellow entertainers. Photo courtesy the William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1025 monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/47ecaef0-b2bd-4582-aa2e-b99b07368c6b/minnie+pearl+-+loc.jpg This Week - October 25: Birthday of Sarah Cannon (1912) - Make it stand out Members of the Grand Ole Opry performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1947. This photo shows Minnie Pearl with two of her fellow entertainers. Photo courtesy the William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1024 monthly 0.5 2025-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5c4850c6-eef7-451c-86e6-60b292c28de7/zambia+shutterstock_212461000.jpg This Week - October 24: Independence Day in Zambia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/bf8768a3-8a7e-4e32-87e1-e12e932ce51b/kaunda+-+Nationaal+Archief.jpg This Week - October 24: Independence Day in Zambia - Make it stand out Kenneth Kaunda (1924-2021) served as the first president of Zambia. This photo shows Kaunda speaking during a visit to the Netherlands in 1986. Photo courtesy the Nationaal Archief (Netherlands). https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1023 monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6e3769a6-34c9-4773-bd24-3b8671a4cf6e/thomas+-+Rob+Crandall+shutterstock_288915302.jpg This Week - October 23: Clarence Thomas Joins the Supreme Court (1991) - Make it stand out This 1991 photo shows Clarence Thomas during hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Photo by Rob Crandall / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1022 monthly 0.5 2025-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d332dc45-9a8c-49f1-88b2-c5be5634b56c/cuba+John+F.+Kennedy+Presidential+Library+and+Museum.jpg This Week - October 22: President Kennedy Addresses the Nation About the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) - Make it stand out This is one of the images of Cuba shown to President Kennedy. Photo courtesy the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1021 monthly 0.5 2025-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/bb773407-53d6-4046-b948-8820af17073f/telegraphic+station+share.jpg This Week - October 21: First Transatlantic Voice Message (1915) - Make it stand out This image of Marconi’s Transatlantic Radiotelegraphic Station in Ireland is from the 1916 book An Elementary Manual of Radiotelegraphy and Radiotelephony for Students and Operators by J. A. Fleming. Fleming (1849-1945) was a British electrical engineer and physicist who designed the transmitter Marconi used for his first transatlantic radio transmission in 1901. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1020 monthly 0.5 2025-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/046e61d3-2023-4615-a428-6dc079c036cc/barbados+shutterstock_441533659.jpg This Week - October 20: Barbados Elects Its First President (2021) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f861fba5-4c4b-4e77-91b2-ef658b05b5d7/barbados+-+EWY+Media+shutterstock_2153430619.jpg This Week - October 20: Barbados Elects Its First President (2021) - Make it stand out Sunbury Plantation Great House, built in 1660, features antiques and collections from the island’s history. This room features photos of the Governors-General of Barbados. Sandra Mason’s photo is located beside the doorway on the right. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1019 monthly 0.5 2025-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/28afe9f1-20c2-4149-801e-d20358646570/monticello+-+Steven+Phraner+shutterstock_2578363119.jpg This Week - October 19: Birthday of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson (1748) - Make it stand out No known portraits of Martha Jefferson exist. This is the Jefferson family cemetery at Monticello. Photo by Steven Phraner / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1018 monthly 0.5 2025-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b6b9d31b-c57d-4ac0-ad56-a4359dc8e54b/Azerbaijan+shutterstock_214073593.jpg This Week - October 18: Day of Restoration of Independence in Azerbaijan - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/facaed70-ae2b-4356-aaa8-96f9857f7fa4/flag+-+SinanDogan34+shutterstock_2629940191.jpg This Week - October 18: Day of Restoration of Independence in Azerbaijan - Make it stand out This 2025 photo shows State Flag Square in Baku. According to Guinness World Records, this is the world’s largest flag ever flown. It is 236 feet long and 118 feet wide. Photo by SinanDogan34 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1017 monthly 0.5 2025-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c055bcdc-7d25-4fad-a3db-10c851df2aa4/chartres+-+Altosvic+shutterstock_2357215489.jpg This Week - October 17: Chartres Cathedral Dedicated (1260) - Make it stand out Aerial view of Chartres Cathedral (2023). Photo by Altosvic / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1016 monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1ae76e51-6239-4f2a-b715-43583f72616f/noah+webster+-+loc.jpg This Week - October 16: Birthday of Noah Webster (1758) - Make it stand out This 1886 print recognizes Noah Webster as “The Schoolmaster of the Republic.” Image courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1015 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ee131293-70d9-44fd-a0ea-8e606d2f8bd7/sequoyah+NPG-NPG_79_174Sequoyah_d1.jpg This Week - October 15: Sequoyah’s Cherokee Syllabary - Make it stand out Sequoyah visited Washington, D.C., during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. He was one of 120 members of Native nations who sat for portraits by Charles Bird King. The portrait appeared in the 1844 book History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Image courtesy the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1014 monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3f60b13d-b632-4ba4-ae79-43c1e087b8da/william+penn+-+photosounds+shutterstock_2258977263.jpg This Week - October 14: Birthday of William Penn (1644) - Make it stand out In 1894 a 37-foot-tall statue of William Penn designed by Alexander Milne Calder was placed on top of city hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For 90 years, no one constructed a building in the city that was taller than Penn’s hat. Photo by photosounds / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1013 monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/65bbc299-b17c-46ec-ab1e-ab2798154ef5/hoban+white+house.jpg This Week - October 13: Cornerstone of the White House Laid (1792) - Make it stand out This is one of James Hoban’s early drawings of what became the White House. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1012 monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/365ab6a3-bccf-462b-80d3-26cbb005337a/equatorial+guinea+shutterstock_232893514.jpg This Week - October 12: Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1ac133a8-7060-4e6d-97f3-dd6481f02b8a/equatorial+guinea+-+danish4888+shutterstock_2437499297.jpg This Week - October 12: Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea - Make it stand out Equatorial Guinea features a variety of landscapes. Its wildlife ranges from leatherback sea turtles to forest elephants. Photo by danish4888 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1011 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/03d57a23-13df-4970-a8ee-83347e64b0e8/1960+dnc+-+loc.jpg This Week - October 11: Birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884) - Make it stand out This photo by Thomas J. O’Halloran shows Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at the 1960 Democratic National Convention. Photo courtesy the U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1010 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5bdcebf9-2caf-4ca6-ab52-5b24683f259c/palace+museum+-+RK+istock+shutterstock_2611492643.jpg This Week - October 10: Palace Museum Opens (1925) - Make it stand out Palace Museum, Beijing, China. Photo by RK istock / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1009 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e1dafd0f-24bc-408b-a73d-e976d5556d60/leif+erikson+statue+-+Mulad+wmc.jpg This Week - October 9: Leif Erikson Day - Make it stand out In 1949 the Leif Erikson Monument Association unveiled this statue of the explorer by John Karl Daniels on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. Photo by Mulad / Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1008 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/958fd6d4-1490-4a55-807d-d02ac949e542/alvin+york.JPEG This Week - October 8: Alvin C. York Leads Capture of 132 Germans (1918) - Make it stand out This U.S. Army photo shows Alvin York at the hill in France where the battle of October 8 took place. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1007 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d0cdcb6f-2555-48b7-92e9-6ae7ce91ff58/coolidge+berry.webp This Week - October 7: Birthday of Martha Berry (1865) - Calvin Coolidge presented Martha Berry with the Roosevelt Memorial Association Medal for Distinguished Service in 1925. Built in 1910, this a replacement of the original cabin in which Martha Berry started teaching her neighbors. Photo by Cculber007 / Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1006 monthly 0.5 2025-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/9173b82a-2be6-4124-855a-36d33c374a51/kavanaugh+-+white+house.jpg This Week - October 6: Brett Kavanaugh Joins the Supreme Court (2018) - Make it stand out This photo shows Brett Kavanaugh taking the oath of office from retired Justice Anthony Kennedy as Ashley Kavanaugh, daughters Liza and Margaret, and President Trump look on. Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1005 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b0109966-6715-4dd4-808f-998454254a0d/book+bench+-+Ron+Ellis+shutterstock_205323310.jpg This Week - October 5: Birthday of Michael Morpurgo (1943) - Make it stand out This BookBench inspired by Michael Morpurgo’s book War Horse was displayed in London in 2014. Photo by Ron Ellis / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1004 monthly 0.5 2025-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d32b15b3-7ce5-4330-9945-f58745d16bd3/Lesotho+shutterstock_232948564.jpg This Week - October 4: Independence Day in Lesotho - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3a418850-dc37-4c56-8ffd-847bc83c5451/lesotho+Kabelo+Ramatseliso+shutterstock_2526363549.jpg This Week - October 4: Independence Day in Lesotho - Make it stand out The mokorotlo is a cone-shaped straw hat that is a traditional part of Lesotho culture. It is featured on the country’s flag and on license plates. This souvenir shop in the capital of Maseru is also built to resemble the hat. Photo by Kabelo Ramatseliso / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1003 monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/27f94110-bc32-4507-9013-a2e1ab4138fc/germany+shutterstock_221778499.jpg This Week - October 3: German Unity Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8084cd10-919e-493f-b9c5-76510b1e90f3/german+unity+day+-+Sergey+Kohl+shutterstock_176831060.jpg This Week - October 3: German Unity Day - Make it stand out This photo shows an observance of German Unity Day at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on October 3, 2014. Photo by Sergey Kohl / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1002 monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0d90f95a-6511-41c6-9cf3-47a30b40d1bd/Guinea+shutterstock_224504824.jpg This Week - October 2: Independence Day in Guinea - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/dcdce568-b32f-41ca-95fb-efa3e2eb8ad9/guinea+bauxite+-+Igor+Grochev+shutterstock_1357160555.jpg This Week - October 2: Independence Day in Guinea - Make it stand out Guinea is thought to have the world’s largest reserves of bauxite. Bauxite is a reddish-brown rock that is used to produce aluminum. This 2019 photo shows a train used for transporting bauxite in Guinea. Photo by Igor Grochev / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/1001 monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/fd194665-5c14-4620-8dc7-b5efeebe307b/cyprus+shutterstock_254323858.jpg This Week - October 1: Independence Day in Cyprus - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/311212c9-74f4-44d7-b248-d636a556b153/cyprus+dead+zone+-+rawf8+shutterstock_780729274.jpg This Week - October 1: Independence Day in Cyprus - Make it stand out The United Nations has helped to establish a buffer zone between the northern and southern parts of Cyprus. The border goes across the island and through the capital city of Nicosia, as seen in this photo. Photo by rawf8 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0930 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3d10cf6d-2ad5-43d8-b484-38aec4cb54ac/Botswana+shutterstock_209907700.jpg This Week - September 30: Botswana Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e93eace7-1b04-4396-a81c-5c46f5eae79f/botswana+-+Lucian+Coman+shutterstock_2443486143.jpg This Week - September 30: Botswana Day - Make it stand out This 2024 photo shows Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, at sunset. Photo by Lucian Coman / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0929 monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/fa079526-93aa-4315-9e23-00b78778a7a2/john+roberts+-+Rob+Crandall+shutterstock_390482812.jpg This Week - September 29: John Roberts Joins the Supreme Court (2005) - Make it stand out This photo shows John Roberts during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2005. Photo by Rob Crandall / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0928 monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/05b0414e-114d-4d92-a67f-9cd648f8aa47/confucius+-+ebenart+shutterstock_1923361583.jpg This Week - September 28: Birthday of Confucius (551 BC) - Make it stand out The Tomb of Confucius is part of a large cemetery near Qufu, China, that also includes the graves of tens of thousands of his descendants. Genealogical records of the descendants of Confucius have been carefully kept for centuries. The edition published in 2009 contains two million names in eighty volumes. Photo by ebenart / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0927 monthly 0.5 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d14e0e1e-17c2-42b5-9b9b-95b4ab6fea86/purdown.jpg This Week - September 27: Birthday of George Müller (1805) - Make it stand out This photo shows children on their annual outing to Purdown, a park near Bristol. Image courtesy George Müller of Bristol / Kregel Publications. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0926 monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a409c1b6-40c7-4f58-b048-8e7521ea6d41/camera+-+Joseph+Sohm+shutterstock_277080143.jpg This Week - September 26: John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon Debate on Television (1960) - Make it stand out This is a TV camera used during the Kennedy-Nixon debates on display at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Photo by Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0925 monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5149c4d6-a1b3-4fc7-8dbc-3bced80ca86c/general+sherman+-+zdenekkounovsky+shutterstock_1032325477.jpg This Week - September 25: Sequoia National Park Established (1890) - Make it stand out The General Sherman Tree. Photo by zdenekkounovsky / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0924 monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/58e7210a-5499-4aed-b354-b219a8da11b2/honda+SUKIYASHI+shutterstock_424313737.jpg This Week - September 24: Honda Motor Company Incorporated (1948) - Make it stand out This 2016 photo shows a Honda assembly line in Thailand. Photo by SUKIYASHI / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0923 monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a40c1d81-04e7-4473-9495-1fff48872fa7/gateway+arch+-+Kit+Leong+shutterstock_2272659357.jpg This Week - September 23: Corps of Discovery Reaches St. Louis (1806) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) The Gateway Arch, completed in 1965, recognizes the role of St. Louis in American expansion west of the Mississippi River. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0922 monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c1dc391f-0481-4747-9d37-6d8fba10c916/bulgaria+shutterstock_151269236.jpg This Week - September 22: Independence Day in Bulgaria - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b30bb2f6-6dca-4624-85c4-4ef438cd0afa/bulgaria+-+trabantos+shutterstock_2154476885.jpg This Week - September 22: Independence Day in Bulgaria - Make it stand out This 2022 photo shows Independence Square in Varna, Bulgaria. Photo by trabantos / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0921 monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/59cc3bbc-8c54-406f-9f55-75da17238f60/malta+shutterstock_318696218.jpg This Week - September 21: Independence Day in Malta - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/21c0f936-de42-4f00-ab3d-5ff56b4f9ce3/malta+beehives+-+Ian+Thraves+Photography+shutterstock_2642178361+%281%29.jpg This Week - September 21: Independence Day in Malta - Make it stand out Keeping bees and making honey have been important in Malta for many centuries. Some apiaries (collections of beehives like those in the photo) on the islands date back to Roman or even Phoenician times. The name Malta may even come from the ancient Greek word for honey. Photo by Ian Thraves Photography / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0920 monthly 0.5 2025-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/66ad4b6f-3273-4f70-9e38-f8e2b2a51270/nepal+shutterstock_453588196.jpg This Week - September 20: Nepal Adopts a New Constitution (2015) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1ca519a0-6b6b-45b2-9441-e1e3d8e66147/nepal+Peter+Porrini+shutterstock_2261333387+%281%29.jpg This Week - September 20: Nepal Adopts a New Constitution (2015) - Make it stand out This 2023 photo shows a view of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Photo by Peter Porrini / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0919 monthly 0.5 2025-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/06e53741-3056-4374-99d3-85840296e859/Saint+Kitts+and+Nevis+shutterstock_289421837.jpg This Week - September 19: Independence Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e681b75e-d8e6-4bcd-81d9-a45c7de17b89/saint+kitts+-+Anthony+Giarrusso+shutterstock_2349254621.jpg This Week - September 19: Independence Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis - Make it stand out This 2023 photo shows a cruise ship visiting Saint Kitts. Photo by Anthony Giarrusso / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0918 monthly 0.5 2025-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/05a7ba71-289b-4f36-86fd-22528deb55bd/ben+carson+-+white+house-topaz-face-upscale-4x.jpg This Week - September 18: Birthday of Dr. Ben Carson (1951) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) President George W. Bush presented Dr. Benjamin Carson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008. White House photo by David Bohrer. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0917 monthly 0.5 2025-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/adfec4c3-b27b-494b-886e-07f2658229eb/i+am+an+american+day+loc.jpg This Week - September 17: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) These children attended the I Am an American Day rally in Buffalo, New York, in 1943. Photo by Marjory Collins / Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0916 monthly 0.5 2025-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/201c69e2-94f0-4a56-ba94-76494199308c/Mexico+shutterstock_2363568303.jpg This Week - September 16: Independence Day in Mexico - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/27e174bb-961a-48c7-9f3f-984d2f0ad7f0/mexico+shutterstock_2461433025.jpg This Week - September 16: Independence Day in Mexico - Make it stand out People in Mexico City celebrate Independence Day on September 16, 2023. Photo by Gill_figueroa / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0915 monthly 0.5 2025-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7d7d9b8b-2a62-4a1e-be34-e6a2e384c39c/costa+rica+shutterstock_197139800.jpg This Week - September 15: Independence Day in Costa Rica - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0118b1fa-d0e5-4344-97fa-9644c2abce99/costa+rica+shutterstock_715941277.jpg This Week - September 15: Independence Day in Costa Rica - Make it stand out People in Quepos, Costa Rica, celebrate Independence Day on September 15, 2017. Photo by Cara Koch / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0914 monthly 0.5 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/78943e37-abee-4705-9ff1-38f884316fdc/Boston_Light_ppmsca.09357.jpg This Week - September 14: Boston Light Begins Operation (1716) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) This 1729 illustration by William Burgis shows a ship sailing past Boston Light. Image courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0913 monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/fab11ab3-81b3-4b8e-9745-cdb8378b300c/milton+kitty+hershey.jpg This Week - September 13: Birthday of Milton Hershey (1857) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) Milton and Kitty Hershey. Image courtesy the Milton Hershey School. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0912 monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e2748cb3-7497-4341-adac-27254cfb78f4/harpers+ferry.jpg This Week - September 12: Battle of Harpers Ferry (1862) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) This photo by C. O. Bostwick shows the town of Harpers Ferry and a destroyed railroad bridge during the Civil War. Photo courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0911 monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/959d5048-37ae-47ac-902f-e7cda62f1e59/Close+up+MIke+and+Roselle+on+park+bench+shirt+and+tie.jpg This Week - September 11: Roselle Helps Michael Hingson Escape the World Trade Center (2001) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) This photo shows Michael and Roselle. Photo courtesy Michael Hingson. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0910 monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ebcb979d-40b2-4516-8f7d-c3c76d6fd1b1/Abebe_Bikila_maratona_olimpica_Roma_1960.jpg This Week - September 10: Abebe Bikila Wins the Olympic Marathon (1960) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) Abebe Bikila crosses the finish line in Rome on September 10, 1960. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0909 monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5f2e29f2-5f07-46bf-b869-2a85f851f946/Tajikistan+shutterstock_452295901.jpg This Week - September 9: Independence Day in Tajikistan - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1495b564-f37e-4019-aad3-63f5ae179075/tajikistan+shutterstock_2370567859.jpg This Week - September 9: Independence Day in Tajikistan - Make it stand out People in Gorno-Badakhshan Province celebrate Tajkinstan’s Independence Day on September 9, 2022. Photo by artaxerxes_longhand / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0908 monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7eb0a5fa-d242-48c1-85f2-65e90b7ed7b7/andorra+shutterstock_251177857.jpg This Week - September 8: National Day in Andorra - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/84974910-32d6-4c59-9e78-6f4747f026ff/church+andorra+shutterstock_500757619.jpg This Week - September 8: National Day in Andorra - Make it stand out This 2016 photo shows the Church of Saint Esteve in Andorra’s capital, Andorra la Vella. Elements of the church date back to the 12th century, though it has been renovated over the centuries. Photo by milosk50 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0907 monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/be6e16f7-0335-4c40-bdea-867103c1e4c6/brazil+shutterstock_2316180567.jpg This Week - September 7: Independence Day in Brazil - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8a31eded-4d5e-4c55-a860-29251e100f56/brazil+Aydin+Gulec+shutterstock_2668582625.jpg This Week - September 7: Independence Day in Brazil - Make it stand out This 2024 photo shows soldiers participating in a parade on Independence Day in Rio de Janeiro. Photo by Aydin Gulec / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0906 monthly 0.5 2025-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/95b46d14-2119-42f9-8c46-ea4084a80b3a/cherokee+Vineyard+Perspective+shutterstock_2044434629.jpg This Week - September 6: The Cherokee Nation Adopts a New Constitution (1839) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) This photo shows a float in the 2019 Cherokee National Holiday parade. Photo by Vineyard Perspective / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0905 monthly 0.5 2025-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0abd988c-3692-47a5-9857-0314d529ab56/labor+day+parade.jpg This Week - September 5: First Labor Day Parade in New York (1882) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper published this image of the “Great Demonstration of Workingmen” parade in New York in September of 1882. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0904 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/98c221c2-1f60-40ef-a5a8-9e3860e2d0e3/ethiopia+shutterstock_208602655.jpg This Week - September 4: Restored Obelisk of Aksum Unveiled (2008) - Make it stand out A blue circle shows the location of the ancient city of Aksum in northern Ethiopia. Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a8bf64e4-0fcb-4797-b96e-3411ee23f39b/obelisks+Tewodros+Hailemichael+shutterstock_2466915411.jpg This Week - September 4: Restored Obelisk of Aksum Unveiled (2008) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) This photo shows several of the obelisks of Aksum. Photo by Tewodros Hailemichael / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0903 monthly 0.5 2025-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/52d89688-9249-4418-9217-097fcc6ec7cf/Frederick_Douglass_%281840s%29.jpg This Week - September 3: Frederick Douglass Escapes from Slavery (1838) - Daguerreotype of Frederick Douglass (c. 1848) Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper published this image of the “Great Demonstration of Workingmen” parade in New York in September of 1882. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0902 monthly 0.5 2025-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7ac2684c-a0f8-4aed-a2cd-ec34865f77ed/german+stamp+Galyamin+Sergej+shutterstock_193461947.jpg This Week - September 2: Great Britain Adopts the Gregorian Calendar (1752) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) Protestant areas of Germany adopted the Gregorian calendar with some modifications during the 17th century. This 1982 German stamp recognized the 400th anniversary of the introduction of the Gregorian calendar. Photo by Galyamin Sergej / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0901 monthly 0.5 2025-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8b1b7f2d-08c2-4dbd-b484-5a7e7c44cfcf/wheatley+shutterstock_2274249383.jpg This Week - September 1: Phillis Wheatley’s Poems Published (1773) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) This plaque marks the former home in London of A. Bell Booksellers, who published Phillis Wheatley’s collection of poetry. Photo by chrisdorney / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0831 monthly 0.5 2025-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2bf019c2-eb8c-4e55-834d-33d3a21b1fe1/malaysia+shutterstock_341750297.jpg This Week - August 31: Independence Day in Malaysia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/09bd5586-e84f-4f5b-a0bb-a719d3662e56/malaysia+independence+day+shutterstock_2196232623.jpg This Week - August 31: Independence Day in Malaysia - Make it stand out This photo shows people celebrating Independence Day on August 31, 2022, in Seremban, Malaysia. Photo by Laboo Studio / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0830 monthly 0.5 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/4a92b7ea-0a91-4020-a62f-8671b492fc77/Kazakhstan+shutterstock_450725131.jpg This Week - August 30: Constitution Day in Kazakhstan - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/793c1374-4851-4970-8989-222e9cd9b8d5/gora+bokty+shutterstock_2622880799.jpg This Week - August 30: Constitution Day in Kazakhstan - Make it stand out Gora Bokty is located in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan. The name of this mountain comes from the Kazakh word for pie. Photo by YueStock / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0829 monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0b4ae7da-5efe-486d-8a62-d03370cc7c38/katahdin+Jen603207+shutterstock_2496560051.jpg This Week - August 29: Birthday of Donn Fendler (1926) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) View of Mount Katahdin and the area around it in 2024. Photo by Jen603207 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0828 monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b66f64b2-29dd-4e6b-8062-18fcb5311456/lucy+hayes+loc.jpg This Week - August 28: Birthday of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes (1831) - Lucy Webb at Age 16 (1847) This 1914 photo shows Japanese, British, and Indian troops in China. Image courtesy the National Army Museum (UK). https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0827 monthly 0.5 2025-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/bca38462-ab28-46ea-8bb5-51b7af636c1f/moldova+shutterstock_2149808779.jpg This Week - August 27: Independence Day in Moldova - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3f7f2751-c342-4332-9efc-dcf270ac8688/church+moldova+shutterstock_1587965311.jpg This Week - August 27: Independence Day in Moldova - Make it stand out The Church of the Dormition, shown at left, is considered the oldest existing church building in Moldova. Built in the 1400s, it is part of a monastery complex located in Căpriana. Photo by Olga Gudumac / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/9785c436-4628-4c9a-b843-4b1602b76060/transnistria+s_oleg+shutterstock_1802781649.jpg This Week - August 27: Independence Day in Moldova - Make it stand out This 2020 photo from Tiraspol, Transnistria, shows how that region celebrates its Soviet heritage. Transnistria maintains close ties with Russia. Photo by s_oleg / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/78fa896d-ab3a-4785-b071-e1b08c15155e/doga+Ducu+Rodionoff+shutterstock_2196199117.jpg This Week - August 27: Independence Day in Moldova - Make it stand out Eugen Doga (1937-2025) was a Moldovan musician and composer. He wrote church music, ballets, film scores, and more. This photo shows him at a celebration of Moldova’s Independence Day in 2022. Photo by Ducu Rodionoff / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0826 monthly 0.5 2025-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/dd1b38e9-1e42-4223-a543-57a1675e5cf0/papua+new+guinea+shutterstock_209875606.jpg This Week - August 26: Repentance Day in Papua New Guinea - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/fa74e5db-e97e-4ac0-b71d-e04284a2246d/png+church+imageBROKER.com+shutterstock_2389318669.jpg This Week - August 26: Repentance Day in Papua New Guinea - Make it stand out Kwato Church, completed in 1937 and located on Kwato Island, is one of only two stone church buildings in the country. This photo is by imageBROKER.com / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0825 monthly 0.5 2025-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/07801048-5c92-413b-907b-fddfec62a1d4/uruguay+shutterstock_209899834.jpg This Week - August 25: Independence Day in Uruguay - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d704eee0-8278-4359-afab-daeed0adddcc/Estadio_Centenario_1930+-+wmc.jpg This Week - August 25: Independence Day in Uruguay - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. Uruguay hosted the first World Cup, an international football (soccer) competition, in 1930. This photo shows Estadio Centenario (Centenary Stadium), built to honor the 100th anniversary of Uruguay’s constitution. Uruguay defeated twelve other teams to become the first World Cup champion. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0824 monthly 0.5 2025-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6e57228d-7d34-48d5-b0a2-84c3441d4c2d/ukraine+shutterstock_2129082242.jpg This Week - August 24: Independence Day in Ukraine - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. Russia has effectively controlled Crimea, a peninsula in southern Ukraine, since 2014. Russia took over additional territory in southern and eastern Ukraine after invading Ukraine again in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c115d5e3-1f6f-4ec2-94d3-8ee41a052970/ukraine+dance+rospoint+shutterstock_2187632951.jpg This Week - August 24: Independence Day in Ukraine - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. This photo shows children celebrating Independence Day in Dnipro, Ukraine, on August 24, 2021. Photo by rospoint / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0823 monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/20d105a5-d157-49b3-abd1-ab5d9b75e056/qingdao.jpg This Week - August 23: Japan Declares War on Germany (1914) - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. This 1914 photo shows Japanese, British, and Indian troops in China. Image courtesy the National Army Museum (UK). https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0822 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f8c21871-3d04-4b91-9f98-a4886a16c6a8/petra+shutterstock_403165546.jpg This Week - August 22: Johann Burckhardt Visits Petra (1812) - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. As Burckhardt described, this photo shows the initial view of Petra as a visitor is coming out of the Siq. Photo by Dr_Flash / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0821 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/23fe56d1-815c-450b-a879-7bd3e3118169/Mona_Lisa_stolen-1911.jpg This Week - August 21: Vincenzo Peruggia Steals the Mona Lisa (1911) - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. This photo shows the empty space in the Louvre after the theft of the Mona Lisa. Image courtesy Century Magazine (February 1914). https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0820 monthly 0.5 2025-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/74fe2b02-c5f6-469c-83f0-9f56738a7f03/hungary+shutterstock_313150151.jpg This Week - August 20: State Foundation Day in Hungary - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/08ba2589-ad08-4d94-98e2-bb08c551f34f/crown+st+stephen+shutterstock_657192019.jpg This Week - August 20: State Foundation Day in Hungary - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. The Holy Crown of St. Stephen is the symbol of Hungary and remains an object of Hungarian pride. During World War II, the Hungarian army entrusted the crown to American soldiers so that it would not fall into German or Russian hands. The U.S. stored the crown at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, until 1978. President Jimmy Carter decided to return the crown to Hungary. Hungary was still a Communist nation at the time, but it had shown progress in protecting human rights and Carter wanted to recognize this. The return of the crown was a step that helped pull Hungary toward the West and away from the Soviet Union. The crown is shown here on display with other royal regalia at the Hungarian Parliament building in 2017. Though the current flag of Hungary is a simple tricolor flag with stripes of red, white, and green, the crown of St. Stephen is part of the country’s coat of arms. Photo by czb / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0819 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/dd0a9873-ee91-4ab7-bd83-bf2e7d383f0b/bannaker-topaz-upscale-4x.jpg This Week - August 19: Benjamin Banneker Writes to Thomas Jefferson (1791) - Portrait of Benjamin Banneker from His Almanac This portrait of him was featured in the almanac. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0818 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/12b3a146-47b0-4bc9-a696-9d1b6db05811/clemente+shutterstock_1744972010.jpg This Week - August 18: Birthday of Roberto Clemente (1934) - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. This 2020 photo shows a statue of Roberto Clemente in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Susan Wagner created the statue, which was unveiled in 1994. Photo by CiEll / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0817 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/97efabf8-2108-46c1-a266-9861d773f0f5/indonesia+shutterstock_2535927143.jpg This Week - August 17: Independence Day in Indonesia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/37eccbb1-6bdc-4694-9824-5508155ccb1c/indonesia+cracker+shutterstock_2648214471.jpg This Week - August 17: Independence Day in Indonesia - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. Indonesians celebrate Independence Day with a variety of games, including sack races and tug of war. This photo shows lomba makan kerupuk, the cracker eating contest. Participants attempt to be the first one to eat a cracker tied on a string. The crackers remind Indonesians today of the struggles and privation of Indonesian soldiers during the war for independence. Photo by Dimas Fikri Aliyana / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0816 monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/de63ee8c-9e48-48ae-8999-1e828a4250aa/share+heart%27s+content+-+Ramon+Cliff+shutterstock_2209541525.jpg This Week - August 16: Queen Victoria Sends Telegraph Message to James Buchanan (1858) - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. This 2022 photo shows the Heart’s Content Cable Station, an historic site in Newfoundland, Canada. Photo by Ramon Cliff / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0815 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a7fa6b29-96e8-45f7-af02-44416754eb1f/panama+canal+-+University+of+Texas+Libraries%2C+The+University+of+Texas+at+Austin.jpg This Week - August 15: Panama Canal Opens for Traffic (1914) - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. These overhead and cross-section views of the Panama Canal are from William R. Shepherd’s Historical Atlas, published in 1911. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0814 monthly 0.5 2025-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/42af3488-1974-4bc7-8ec7-84a9acd12b0d/choctaw.jpg This Week - August 14: National Navajo Code Talkers Day - Make it stand out These are members of the Choctaw telephone squad who served in World War I. Image courtesy the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/63e62a13-866a-4014-947b-a42fd1683991/code+talkers+-+nara.jpg This Week - August 14: National Navajo Code Talkers Day - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. These Navajo code talkers were photographed on the island of Saipan in 1944. Photo courtesy the National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0813 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7733f119-6f4f-49c3-81b7-085586fe3529/car+shutterstock_209904781.jpg This Week - August 13: Independence Day in the Central African Republic - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/be2e11bc-7cdf-42e4-912b-0e6e3741ac6c/boganda+shutterstock_266622485.jpg This Week - August 13: Independence Day in the Central African Republic - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. This Central African Republic stamp honors Barthélemy Boganda. Photo by irisphoto1 / Shutterstock.com https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0812 monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d5fcd172-5047-49c4-85a8-8bcc8084f5f0/lister+spray+-+wmc+cc+by-sa+40.jpg This Week - August 12: Joseph Lister Performs an Antiseptic Surgery (1865) - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. This is Joseph Lister's carbolic steam spray apparatus on display at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Stephencdickson / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0811 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/559ed33f-6eba-4b73-a469-68d7c194c0c8/La_Deportation_des_Acadiens_par_Henri_Beau.jpg This Week - August 11: Deportation of the Acadians - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. The Deportation of the Acadians by Henri Beau (Canadian, c. 1900) https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0810 monthly 0.5 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/00742e37-a6eb-47f5-b5cc-e15996eb4ab9/ecuador+shutterstock_197027903.jpg This Week - August 10: National Day in Ecuador - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7b79413e-0360-433a-8b09-bb0b96e6a817/ecuador+national+day+shutterstock_1581745777.jpg This Week - August 10: National Day in Ecuador - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. This photo shows the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, decorated for National Day on August 10, 2017. Photo by Diego Sugoniaev / Shutterstock.com https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0809 monthly 0.5 2025-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/005a8c5f-20f5-49be-bd9b-2815b1eaba50/Singapore+shutterstock_349200107.jpg This Week - August 9: National Day in Singapore - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a7653470-c9db-40b1-8253-a0702a1c54b0/singapore+shutterstock_462928096.jpg This Week - August 9: National Day in Singapore - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. National Day fireworks in Singapore in 2016. Photo by Patrick Foto / Shutterstock.com https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0808 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6fa99429-43db-437b-a2c7-d9317176e418/sotomayor+white+house.jpg This Week - August 8: Sonia Sotomayor Joins the Supreme Court (2009) - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. Justice Sonia Sotomayor hugs her mother at a White House ceremony in August 2010, a few days after her swearing-in. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0807 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3372c79b-3a57-4792-8a17-60cdb2eac9c5/kagan+supreme+court+-+white+house.jpg This Week - August 7: Elena Kagan Joins the Supreme Court (2010) - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. Elena Kagan officially joined the Supreme Court on August 7, 2010. The Court hosted a formal investiture ceremony on October 1. This photo shows Justice Kagan with Chief Justice John Roberts and President Barack Obama. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0806 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0a0c3070-c466-4abb-a7d8-0fb77d7d6dc2/bolivia+shutterstock_209891779.jpg This Week - August 6: Independence Day in Bolivia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f09119ba-48fd-4836-bc31-b07552351ab8/bolivia+shutterstock_730912744.jpg This Week - August 6: Independence Day in Bolivia - William and his windmill in 2007. Photo by Tom Rielly. Parade in Sucre, Bolivia, on August 6, 2016. 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Photo courtesy the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0804 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a0687135-6b61-4d7b-bb2d-51c35fa820ea/louis+armstrong+-+loc.jpg This Week - August 4: Birthday of Louis Armstrong (1901) - Make it stand out Louis Armstrong in 1953. Photo courtesy the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0803 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/82dc3825-32fa-4937-828a-99c0e8ee39a6/niger+shutterstock_2347770917.jpg This Week - August 3: Independence Day in Niger - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c3ea5810-10f6-4a27-9547-28de9f4146e4/mosque+Catay+shutterstock_2241259627.jpg This Week - August 3: Independence Day in Niger - Make it stand out This 2019 photo shows Tuareg men at the mosque of Agadez, Niger. Originally built in 1515, it features a minaret of about 89 feet, the tallest mud-brick tower in the world. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0802 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/9a1c94d3-b2a3-4d78-a52a-947355580191/census+results.png This Week - August 2: First U.S. Census Begins (1790) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7b7f8a6a-fa13-4d6f-bd86-55d995516a54/taking+the+census+-+met.jpg This Week - August 2: First U.S. Census Begins (1790) - Make it stand out This 1854 painting by American artist Francis William Edmonds is titled Taking the Census. Image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0801 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e5e9272a-9d5d-42e0-81da-17db8de93337/switzerland+shutterstock_195372737.jpg This Week - August 1: National Day in Switzerland - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/11f5de8a-14eb-4e04-8cba-40879ad47a55/swizterland+-+Capricorn+Studio+shutterstock_360345479.jpg This Week - August 1: National Day in Switzerland - Make it stand out This 2013 photo shows people celebrating National Day in Zurich, Switzerland. Photo by Capricorn Studio / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0731 monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d26d3e83-de0c-4601-94c9-03ffb26c55fd/first+patent+-+Smithsonian.jpg This Week - July 31: Samuel Hopkins Receives the First U.S. Patent (1790) - Make it stand out Here is the 1790 paperwork granting Samuel Hopkins the first U.S. patent. Image courtesy Mount Vernon and the Smithsonian Institution. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0730 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/469e10af-c6fa-485b-9a98-c7b79842f338/world+map+1977.jpg This Week - July 30: Birthday of Marie Tharp - Make it stand out Austrian artist Heinrich Berann painted this “World Ocean Floor” map in 1977 based on the research and drawings of Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp. Image courtesy the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/9f71ced0-190f-47ee-8771-a1e7cef6d470/marie+tharp+-+USNS.jpg This Week - July 30: Birthday of Marie Tharp - Portrait of Richard Allen (1760-1831) Marie Tharp finally got to go on a four-month research voyage in 1968. This image shows her aboard the USNS Kane with Marty Weiss (far left) and Al Ballard (center). Image courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Gift of Bill Woodward, USNS Kane Collection. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0729 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a593f0fa-8510-49d4-a9ba-dfd92923ad2b/richard+allen+-+wmc.jpg This Week - July 29: Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church Dedicated - Portrait of Richard Allen (1760-1831) This photo shows the Government Palace (residence of the president) in Lima, Peru, on July 28, 2019. Photo by Jersson Tello / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0728 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d39282ce-a031-4e37-8dda-4f9c4194c065/peru+shutterstock_197253728.jpg This Week - July 28: Independence Day in Peru - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/09e58b13-2bf9-4d28-bc04-ea99945dd7f6/peru+Jersson+Tello+shutterstock_1471315961.jpg This Week - July 28: Independence Day in Peru - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. This photo shows the Government Palace (residence of the president) in Lima, Peru, on July 28, 2019. Photo by Jersson Tello / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0727 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/76290155-f1da-4d67-a647-daa46a7cd5e9/korea+-+shutterstock_353593271.jpg This Week - July 27: Armistice in Korea - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1a63e9d3-1339-4b1b-8ba2-9192cb7aaa57/Korean_War_armistice_agreement_1953+-+U.S.+Department+of+Defense.jpg This Week - July 27: Armistice in Korea - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. This photo shows representatives signing the armistice agreement on July 27, 1953. Photo courtesy the U.S. Department of Defense. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0726 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/49f455a4-95d5-4053-8085-535535be8d90/liberia+shutterstock_224359843.jpg This Week - July 26: Independence Day in Liberia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/614e3432-ba4c-4f5e-b369-63a3ea24a9fe/liberia+wmc.jpg This Week - July 26: Independence Day in Liberia - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. This 1919 photo shows Liberian school children parading past the president’s house in Monrovia on their Independence Day, July 26. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0725 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5f90a965-5ff1-4596-9fbc-dbb994bcc4af/tunisia+shutterstock_208543156.jpg This Week - July 25: Republic Day in Tunisia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2693f6ee-400f-418f-8b2c-ab821df0b3fd/tunisia+Rastislav+Stur+shutterstock_2344213615.jpg This Week - July 25: Republic Day in Tunisia - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. This photo shows the Gulf of Tunis from the city of Sidi Bou Said on July 25, 2023. Photo by Rastislav Stur / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0724 monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/336357c0-8917-4864-8859-78549a9dbf9e/machu+picchu+-+Nikolay+007+shutterstock_2603508935.jpg This Week - July 24: Hiram Bingham Reaches Machu Picchu (1911) - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. A view of Machu Picchu. Photo by Nikolay 007 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0723 monthly 0.5 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d245bc39-527f-4254-bf93-062f8ab9163d/egypt+shutterstock_140529211.jpg This Week - July 23: Revolution Day in Egypt - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/abc23d55-b8e3-47dc-9a7e-dbc4f4fb8a09/nasser+Maciek67+shutterstock_2643057361.jpg This Week - July 23: Revolution Day in Egypt - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. This 2019 photo shows a teahouse in Aswan, Egypt, with a portrait of Gamal Nasser on the wall. Nasser became the second president of the Republic of Egypt in 1954 after forcing his fellow revolutionary Mohamed Naguib to resign from that position. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0722 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a33bb0af-2fc0-47b5-bd92-cea03732c2e3/Dick_Smith_forced_down_on_Baffin_Is._in_bad_weather%2C_1982.jpg This Week - July 22: Dick Smith Completes Flight Around the World in a Helicopter (1983) - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. Dick Smith took a break because of bad weather on Baffin Island, Canada. Photo courtesy Richard Harold ("Dick") Smith / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0721 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/4d28c6c1-200f-4684-a734-992513ac55d7/belgium+map+shutterstock_223229338.jpg This Week - July 21: National Day in Belgium - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a02f7735-2aa5-4578-8f96-76afcae61bad/belgium+-+Alexandros+Michailidis+shutterstock_2182765209.jpg This Week - July 21: National Day in Belgium - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. This photo shows Belgium's royal family leaving St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral in Brussels after the Te Deum mass on July 21, 2022. Photo by Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0720 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0b0db2df-e0e8-4031-9463-0d1ea14f85a6/Kabyle+people+algeria.jpg This Week - July 20: Birthday of Albert Racinet (1825) - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. This is the illustration from Costume History of the Kabyle people of northern Algeria, part of the Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0719 monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/440aa59f-d1c6-4e74-97c6-aa84ca5f6528/rome+fire+Robert%2C_Hubert_-_Incendie_%C3%A0_Rome_-.jpg This Week - July 19: Great Fire of Rome Begins (AD 64) - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com. In 1785 French artist Hubert Robert painted this image of the Great Fire of Rome. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0718 monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/06ab6c8c-6308-4d26-9ebb-c2bc4b149161/nadia+shutterstock_102747887.jpg This Week - July 18: Nadia Comăneci Scores a Perfect 10 (1976) - Mongolia honored Nadia Comăneci with this postage stamp. Photo by rook76 / Shutterstock.com. This 1974 photo shows Walt Disney (center) discussing plans for Disneyland with officials from Orange County, California. Photo from the Orange County Archives' Willard Smith Collection https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0717 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/313d4b31-efc1-4786-9e8d-af1ce4fd219a/disneyland+flickr+orange+county+archives.jpg This Week - July 17: Opening of Disneyland (1955) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This 1954 photo shows Walt Disney (center) discussing plans for Disneyland with officials from Orange County, California. Photo from the Orange County Archives' Willard Smith Collection. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0716 monthly 0.5 2025-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ccb265ba-85fc-4d29-925d-d982ef533845/apollo+11+crew+-+NASA.jpg This Week - July 16: Launch of Apollo 11 (1969) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This 1969 NASA photo shows the Apollo 11 crew before their mission. From left to right are Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0715 monthly 0.5 2025-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/701b54cc-86d4-4b74-8390-17d7a9e4195b/Rosetta_Stone_International_Congress_of_Orientalists_ILN_1874.jpg This Week - July 15: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone (1799) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This 1874 image from the Illustrated London News shows scholars examining the Rosetta Stone during a gathering of the International Congress of Orientalists (now called the International Congress of Asian and North African Studies). https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0714 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c560bedc-b738-4c6c-b661-9d3169d00f57/iraq+shutterstock_448252744.jpg This Week - July 14: Republic Day in Iraq - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5904ca60-819c-446d-93b1-c9a2e84c7343/iraq+stamp+shutterstock_2578948871.jpg This Week - July 14: Republic Day in Iraq - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This stamp commemorates the first anniversary of the July 14 revolution that created the Republic of Iraq. Photo by World of Stamps / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0713 monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/38ef8d3f-868b-448f-92ed-938b8fa06500/boys+town+flickr++Courtney+Coco+Mault+38792715745_bfeb3f4461_o.jpg This Week - July 13: Birthday of Edward Flanagan (1886) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. In 1918, a year after the Home for Boys opened, a woman abandoned her son Howard Loomis there. Howard wore heavy leg braces because he suffered from polio. Walking was difficult. Some of the older boys began carrying Howard up and down the stairs. One day Edward Flanagan asked Reuben Granger if carrying Howard was hard. Reuben replied, “He ain’t heavy, Father… he’s m’ brother.” This became a motto that summarizes the mission of Boys Town in helping people to care for each other. Photo by Courtney "Coco" Mault / Flickr / CC BY 2.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0712 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d7a1a575-0773-4c16-a7c6-e753b9169186/sao+tome+and+principe+shutterstock_234920989.jpg This Week - July 12: Independence Day in São Tomé and Príncipe - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/59fa468f-a644-4efd-a3e2-92244dd1f94e/sao+tome+pico+-+Xinovap+shutterstock_2421650351.jpg This Week - July 12: Independence Day in São Tomé and Príncipe - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. Pico Cão Grande is a volcanic plug that rises 1,210 feet over the surrounding terrain on São Tomé. 2024 photo by Xinovap / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0711 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c729ed15-b1ba-494f-bb0c-b6c57050505b/marine+band+1864+-+U.S.+Marine+Corps.jpg This Week - July 11: Establishment of the United States Marine Band (1798) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This 1864 photo, taken during the Civil War, is the earliest known photo of the Marine Band. Image courtesy the U.S. Marine Corps. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0710 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/02f5997c-6763-47c9-ad1f-c34e5498108a/kiribati+map+shutterstock_457806091.jpg This Week - July 10: Gospel Day in Kiribati - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/15aa4e95-9335-439b-bf05-acbfbeebf88c/kiribati+-+maloff+shutterstock_1250888257.jpg This Week - July 10: Gospel Day in Kiribati - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This 2018 photo shows a village on South Tarawa in Kiribati. Photo by maloff / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0709 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/dd12454f-cebc-4f27-8d2a-f3cbce76877a/benson+flag.jpg This Week - July 9: Benny Benson’s Flag of Alaska Flies for the First Time (1927) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This is Benny Benson’s flag design submission. The flag shows the portion of the constellation Ursa Major known as the Big Dipper and the North Star on a blue field. Benny described his design this way: "The blue field is for the Alaska sky and the forget-me-not, an Alaskan flower. The North Star is for the future state of Alaska, the most northerly in the union. The Dipper is for the Great Bear, symbolizing strength." A photo of Benny is attached. Image courtesy the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0708 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b49f043c-9b12-40ed-8066-8f1772904748/wall+street+journal.jpg This Week - July 8: First Issue of The Wall Street Journal (1889) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This is a portion of the front page of the first issue of The Wall Street Journal. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0707 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c3c6b2a1-9474-4d0e-9881-912c0160463b/mccullough+shutterstock_83298193.jpg This Week - July 7: Birthday of David McCullough - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This 2011 photo shows David McCullough speaking about his book The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. Photo by Glynnis Jones / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0706 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/97fc2db8-a129-4642-b134-da5807138286/comoros+shutterstock_234488026.jpg This Week - July 6: National Day in Comoros - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/53d665f4-d065-4952-ac3d-b2cffd45b10a/comoros+mbrand85+shutterstock_1192227295.jpg This Week - July 6: National Day in Comoros - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This 2018 photo shows a resort on Grand Comore Island. Photo by mbrand85 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0705 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/20f0be33-5309-41d9-a947-854ec6e4b328/venezuela+shutterstock_210913504.jpg This Week - July 5: Independence Day in Venezuela - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c7882a28-fcbd-4b17-baf0-ae459c3e1e53/venezuela+shutterstock_1443178052.jpg This Week - July 5: Independence Day in Venezuela - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This photo from July 5, 2019, shows a protest led by interim president Juan Guaidó against political violence in the country. Photo by David Jose Pena Alarcon / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0704 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7b6bee48-854a-4884-88c0-df71ced7d56d/pikes+peark+shutterstock_2580812711.jpg This Week - July 4: “America the Beautiful” Published (1895) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This image of Katharine Lee Bates is courtesy the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. The photo from the top of Pikes Peak is by Ian Howard_11 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0703 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/4dcbe8ed-6983-4485-9d0d-0e6758fb1b99/belarus+shutterstock_253682704.jpg This Week - July 3: Independence Day in Belarus - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/45a39f44-3125-434a-92e6-b4eb83cd6d60/belarus+indepedence+day+shutterstock_1244968654.jpg This Week - July 3: Independence Day in Belarus - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. This photo shows people celebrating Independence Day in Gomel, Belarus, in 2018. Photo by George Trumpeter / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0702 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5a7e8d0c-4c3a-4803-a1a8-5835ee29b585/booths+salvation+army+-+loc.jpg This Week - July 2: Founding of the Salvation Army (1865) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. William and Catherine’s son Bramwell (standing in car) became General of the Salvation Army after William’s death in 1912. Their daughter Evangeline (waving in car) helped to organize the Salvation Army in the United States and Canada. She later became General of the international organization. This photo shows the siblings in New York in 1913. Photo by Bain News Service, courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0701 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/637f4efb-ac9c-4ac9-ac09-e9924c62b926/rwanda+map+shutterstock_233912998.jpg This Week - July 1: Independence Day in Rwanda - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f99766a5-58d2-4c86-bd36-29a345a8a349/rwanda+shutterstock_1390905326.jpg This Week - July 1: Independence Day in Rwanda - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. Rwanda is known as “land of a thousand hills.” This 2019 photo shows an agricultural area near Nyungwe National Park. Photo by Atosan / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0630 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c27bd5e6-4203-4483-abc1-0eba770d0ce7/jackson+oath+-+supreme+court.jpg This Week - June 30: Ketanji Brown Jackson Joins the Supreme Court (2022) - 1st Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in April of 1943. Photo courtesy the National Archives. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administers the Constitutional Oath to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the Supreme Court Building in 2022. Her husband, Dr. Patrick Jackson, holds two Bibles. One is a family Bible. Justice John Marshall Harlan, the only justice to dissent in the Plessy v. Ferguson case that upheld racial segregation, donated the other Bible to the court in 1906. Photo by Fred Schilling from the Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0629 monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/108e5060-8819-4745-bab9-e74b48da7e89/Theater_bankside+-+wmc.jpg This Week - June 29: Fire Destroys the Globe Theatre (1613) - This postage stamp from Madagascar recognizes Philibert Tsiranana as the “Father of Independence.” This 1616 illustration shows an area south of the River Thames with two buildings used for entertainment. The Globe Theatre is the three-story building in the foreground on the right side of the image. The Bear Garden on the left side was a venue for animal fights between dogs and bears or bulls. Queen Elizabeth also enjoyed this form of entertainment. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0628 monthly 0.5 2025-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1e0ffd59-187e-46ac-b4c7-bd032c761764/sarajevo+1914+-+wmc.jpg This Week - June 28: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie (1914) - This postage stamp from Madagascar recognizes Philibert Tsiranana as the “Father of Independence.” This photo shows Sophie and Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo shortly before they were shot. 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Joe Harwood. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0626 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/94777202-1341-41af-add2-97e8f3338790/madagascar+-+shutterstock_233320543.jpg This Week - June 26: Independence Day in Madagascar - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8477f437-660f-4a6c-b3e6-3a850dbd9c03/madagascar+stamp+-+neftali+shutterstock_91812989.jpg This Week - June 26: Independence Day in Madagascar - This postage stamp from Madagascar recognizes Philibert Tsiranana as the “Father of Independence.” The https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0625 monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/4258a657-37da-4222-9459-2f2b8487d26c/mozambique+shutterstock_211174561.jpg This Week - June 25: Independence Day in Mozambique - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/315ba1ac-d9d9-4982-8e3e-a099d5a45496/mozambique+-+Old+Man+River+shutterstock_2149098435.jpg This Week - June 25: Independence Day in Mozambique - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. This 2010 photo shows people in a village in the Metarica district of Mozambique celebrating Independence Day. Photo by Old Man River / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0624 monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/53e40b82-4f3e-47a0-9343-7b80c3cf48aa/vinson+singing+-+loc.jpg This Week - June 24: Fred Vinson Becomes Chief Justice (1946) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. This 1935 photo shows members of Congress singing together as they prepare to adjourn. Fred Vinson is third from right in the back row. Photo by Harris & Ewing, courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0623 monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b596d333-7701-40f5-bcc2-6ab22a43e94d/wilma+rudolph+dutch+national+archief.jpg This Week - June 23: Birthday of Wilma Rudolph (1940) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. This 1960 photo shows Wilma Rudolph in the Netherlands during her team’s European tour after the 1960 Olympics. Photo courtesy the Dutch National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0622 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/956e12ef-7211-4b9a-b7c4-ab4d559cb688/gi+bill+-+FDR+Library+Photo+Collection.jpg This Week - June 22: The G.I. Bill (1944) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. This photo shows President Roosevelt signing the G.I. Bill legislation in the Oval Office on June 22, 1944. Courtesy the FDR Library Photo Collection. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0621 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/59d4da87-1240-437e-8571-78cd4e2005ea/greenland+shutterstock_267095936.jpg This Week - June 21: National Day in Greenland - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/cf83dd1a-d429-4eaa-ab8e-164642d4aeed/greenland+Lasse+Jesper+Pedersen+shutterstock_2024025164.jpg This Week - June 21: National Day in Greenland - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. This 2021 photo shows people singing on Greenland’s National Day. Photo by Lasse Jesper Pedersen / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0620 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6a983888-600c-494c-a825-2fff2a576df1/alaska+pipeline+-+wmc+cc+by-sa+30.jpg This Week - June 20: Oil Begins Flowing Through the Trans Alaska Pipeline (1977) - Make it stand out Map of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Image courtesy U.S. Geological Survey and Flominator / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/727030fe-399f-48aa-9be6-58a2ae591346/trans+alaska+pipeline+Martin+Drahomirecky+shutterstock_1026911476.jpg This Week - June 20: Oil Begins Flowing Through the Trans Alaska Pipeline (1977) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. Trans Alaska Pipeline (2018). Photo by Martin Drahomirecky / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0619 monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/31b0eba8-a91a-4a90-8c83-bf13f313fe97/emancipation+band.jpg This Week - June 19: Juneteenth - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. This band performed at the Emancipation Day (Juneteenth) celebration in Austin, Texas, on June 19, 1900. Image courtesy the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0618 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0cb4bae1-3845-4b65-98de-0728406090b9/camel+lacma+ma-77736.jpg This Week - June 18: Emperor Gaozu Establishes the Tang Dynasty (618) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. This Chinese funerary sculpture of a Bactrian camel dates to the 8th century. Image courtesy the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (www.lacma.org). https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0617 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/9f12a65d-5e19-4de3-8e71-0b91d8988848/picotte+memorial+hospital+-+wmc.jpeg This Week - June 17: Birthday of Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. This image shows Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte with the memorial hospital she founded. Image of Dr. Susan courtesy the Nebraska State Historical Society Photograph Collections. Hospital photo by Ammodramus / Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0616 monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/12d50f1a-9251-4dde-b818-93280690668d/john+perkins+-+wmc+cc+by-sa+40.jpg This Week - June 16: Birthday of John Perkins (1930) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. Photo of John Perkins by his daughter Priscilla Perkins (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0615 monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2f8673e9-4a0c-4b66-a9e7-dde35687c05d/magna+carta+-+Carl+Albert+Center.jpg This Week - June 15: Sealing of Magna Carta (1215) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. The British government loaned a copy of the Magna Carta to the United States during the 1976 bicentennial celebrations of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Photo courtesy the Carl Albert Center / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0614 monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/fac1e936-7560-4dee-9877-f245bfcb48c8/uncle+tom%27s+cabin.jpeg This Week - June 14: Birthday of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. Uncle Tom’s Cabin continued to influence American perceptions of slavery for decades after the Civil War. Dramatic companies made numerous adaptations of the story for the stage, including the one advertised by this 1881 poster. Thomas Edison’s film company released a fourteen-minute version in 1903, and several other silent film versions were made. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0613 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0c029f18-1426-4fa4-9118-65595dbd2f36/Yukon++shutterstock_2598004911.jpg This Week - June 13: Yukon Becomes a Canadian Territory (1898) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/72daa98b-2065-40c8-9101-cf5c518fde8f/yukon+shutterstock_1863297397.jpg This Week - June 13: Yukon Becomes a Canadian Territory (1898) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. Tombstone Territorial Park in Yukon Territory. Photo by Bronwyn Davies / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0612 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/27ebcc09-cfcc-454d-9b5f-59bc1a842d84/anne+frank+anne+frank+house.jpg This Week - June 12: Birthday of Anne Frank (1929) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. This is Anne Frank’s May 1942 passport photo. Image courtesy the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0611 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/008f0c6a-9501-4aa4-8536-3130b8a19172/Great+barrier+reef+shutterstock_697783498.jpg This Week - June 11: Captain Cook Gets Stuck on the Great Barrier Reef (1770) - Make it stand out Map by Rainer Lesniewski / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/893b0a7d-c6da-411c-b1b7-75754b0ea8e6/cook+chart.jpg This Week - June 11: Captain Cook Gets Stuck on the Great Barrier Reef (1770) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. Published in 1773, this is a “Chart of Part of the Coast of New South Wales, from Cape Tribulation to Endeavour Straits” based on the drawings of Captain James Cook and his crew. In the lower left corner of the chart is an indication of where the Endeavor was stuck. This section of the Great Barrier Reef is labeled as “The Labyrinth.” Image courtesy the American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0610 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8dff3904-99ad-4526-a1be-2821c678b2c4/Portugal+shutterstock_197564549.jpg This Week - June 10: Portugal Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/86730ba4-84a8-4407-a16e-bf8c74804a35/portugal+day+-+Ag%C3%AAncia+Briosa+flickr+cc+by-sa+20.jpg This Week - June 10: Portugal Day - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. People celebrate Portugal Day in Santos, Brazil, in 2018. Photo by Agência Briosa / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0609 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/26642e60-49c0-42c3-a8e6-063bc56df546/%C3%85land+Islands+shutterstock_2655966253.jpg This Week - June 9: Autonomy Day in the Åland Islands - Make it stand out Map by bulgakov.marko / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a2856521-e0f4-4b56-abb5-f9e8a080ae51/kastleholm+trabantos+shutterstock_2483853479.jpg This Week - June 9: Autonomy Day in the Åland Islands - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. Swedish workers began building Kastelholm in 1380. Though it fell into disrepair by the 1700s, it has been restored and has become a popular tourist attraction. Photo by trabantos / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0608 monthly 0.5 2025-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/013a8381-490e-4e74-b0c2-53117404016d/First_Lady_Barbara_Bush_and_Princess_Diana.jpg This Week - June 8: Birthday of Barbara Pierce Bush (1925) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. Princess Diana of the United Kingdom visited First Lady Barbara Bush at the White House in 1990. Mrs. Bush gave Diana a copy of Millie’s Book, a book the first lady had written about the White House from the perspective of the Bush family dog, Millie. Photo courtesy the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0607 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/296f3932-8a5a-4fdf-b0d9-244bffcabe95/Hawaii+shutterstock_2353139619.jpg This Week - June 7: Declaration of Rights in Hawaii (1839) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ca62a820-f5eb-4c0a-8980-c48f1f757f9b/hawaii+law.jpg This Week - June 7: Declaration of Rights in Hawaii (1839) - This image shows an 1840 publication of Kumu Kanawai, a guide to Hawaiian law. Image courtesy Punahou School. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0606 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a3df39b3-0ad4-4462-b3d8-f2c45171e478/Sweden+shutterstock_272213180.jpg This Week - June 6: National Day of Sweden - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5f7c8866-a9be-4116-9afa-e57a1065850f/sweden+june+6+shutterstock_2527144527.jpg This Week - June 6: National Day of Sweden - Hiram Cronk This 2024 photo shows people observing National Day in Falkenberg, Sweden. Photo by Zosma / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0605 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d61fd3f9-ea59-489b-aa76-11c36ab9ffbe/denmark+shutterstock_1145958845.jpg This Week - June 5: Denmark Celebrates Constitution Day - Make it stand out Map by lynx_v / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/50a953d4-b9a9-478d-a013-36c90400776c/denmark+shutterstock_2614100829.jpg This Week - June 5: Denmark Celebrates Constitution Day - Hiram Cronk This June 5, 2024, photo shows a coastal rescue station on the Thorup Strand, Denmark. Photo by Gestur Gislason / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0604 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8d5a3d3a-7101-48a4-b27e-903128ece7bd/China+shutterstock_303543287.jpg This Week - June 4: Tiananmen Square Protests (1989) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d0916cfa-f5a6-45ce-8034-9e47e9665717/tiananmen+square+shutterstock_141819499.jpg This Week - June 4: Tiananmen Square Protests (1989) - Hiram Cronk Tiananmen Square is home to public memorials and buildings including the Monument to the People’s Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China, and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. This 2013 photo is by Haines / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0603 monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c554e819-712c-41fb-a2ed-ca2fbfa3cf59/Casey1.jpg This Week - June 3: Publication of “Casey at the Bat” - Hiram Cronk You can see the poem highlighted on this page from its original newspaper publication. You can get a closer look at the Library of Congress website. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0602 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6c559cc9-83b8-47c5-a7fb-d638897fb934/Italy+shutterstock_1677481837.jpg This Week - June 2: Italy Celebrates Republic Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7a9fcd95-a9a0-4aed-9031-59836abd85aa/Referendum-2-giugno_scheda_elettorale.jpg This Week - June 2: Italy Celebrates Republic Day - Hiram Cronk This is the 1946 ballot used for Italians to choose whether their country would be a republic or a monarchy. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0601 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d2bd2db9-8de4-4853-9c75-da16c0ffe528/Samoa+shutterstock_438764242.jpg This Week - June 1: Samoa Celebrates Independence Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/78980cb7-6030-4eb4-8cbe-0f9c5964ef5d/samoa+Ramunas+Bruzas+shutterstock_2233074735.jpg This Week - June 1: Samoa Celebrates Independence Day - Hiram Cronk This 2022 image shows the Samoan capital of Apia. Photo by Ramunas Bruzas / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0531 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7b966905-d9a1-4c65-bb70-d440efc25f88/anthony+burns+loc.jpg This Week - May 31: Birthday of Anthony Burns - Hiram Cronk This 1855 engraving by John Andrews shows scenes from the life of Anthony Burns. Image courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0530 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/00646a8b-c243-4f8a-a92b-cc0088e3eee1/Trinidad+and+Tobago+shutterstock_290191298.jpg This Week - May 30: Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad and Tobago - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d06d84d5-0623-4279-bd14-ea177a841089/trinidad+indians+flickr+13227675614_15b2cc628e_o.jpg This Week - May 30: Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad and Tobago - Hiram Cronk This photo by Felix Morin shows members of the Indian community in Trinidad in the 1890s. Image courtesy the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0529 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7d537876-feee-4a53-a649-18bf907889d6/roger+williams+EWY+Media+shutterstock_2198037103.jpg This Week - May 29: Rhode Island Ratifies the Constitution (1790) - Hiram Cronk The Roger Williams National Memorial in Providence, Rhode Island, features exhibits about religious freedom. Photo by EWY Media / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0528 monthly 0.5 2025-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e687deb7-fad6-451a-9804-9bb895acf773/1912+olympic+team+-+loc.jpg This Week - May 28: Birthday of Jim Thorpe (1888) - Hiram Cronk This photo shows members of the 1912 American Olympic team. Jim Thorpe is fourth from the right. Image by the Bain News Service, courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0527 monthly 0.5 2025-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f64b53be-2aff-4d43-a393-da7fb8c85f3e/chrysler+building+loc.jpg This Week - May 27: Chrysler Building Opens to the Public - Hiram Cronk This photo by Irving Underhill shows the Chrysler Building in New York City in 1930. Image courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0526 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6c81e401-c87e-4ed2-9cf2-fe7c376cf4c2/Guyana+shutterstock_212368726.jpg This Week - May 26: Independence Day in Guyana - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ad30e8f0-b06f-44ee-b7e2-90c15a2ebcf4/guyana+Leonid+Andronov+shutterstock_2569781159.jpg This Week - May 26: Independence Day in Guyana - Hiram Cronk This 2024 photo shows a colorful sign in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana. Photo by Leonid Andronov / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0525 monthly 0.5 2025-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0adbbda8-940d-42ab-a135-f5d0db9a21ae/africa+day+shutterstock_1099255073.jpg This Week - May 25: Africa Day - Hiram Cronk Children celebrate Africa Day in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo by Richard van der Spuy / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0524 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/904439ff-9ab5-4151-8792-b4dad8d310d7/Eritrea+shutterstock_212955256.jpg This Week - May 24: Independence Day in Eritrea - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/13c859c1-9658-4fdd-80f5-a454848b92c5/eritrea+-+flickr+30740991586_dc3c459f64_k.jpg This Week - May 24: Independence Day in Eritrea - Hiram Cronk Women celebrate Independence Day in Asmara, Eritrea, in 2016. Photo by Clay Gilliland / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0523 monthly 0.5 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/9ded04d6-63f1-4a69-be78-57e863517b72/aromanian+shutterstock_1729520539.jpg This Week - May 23: Aromanian National Day - Hiram Cronk This 2019 photo shows a man in an Aromanian village in Greece using donkeys to transport goods. Photo by fritz16 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0522 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/eae3909b-405f-4f07-b9f6-4e4a93a3a7cb/Yemen+shutterstock_215564950.jpg This Week - May 22: Unity Day in Yemen - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ba7f431b-9a39-4fb2-b1c9-cd70cadeff8d/yemen+shutterstock_1790684174.jpg This Week - May 22: Unity Day in Yemen - Hiram Cronk Sanaa is the largest city in Yemen. Its history goes back to around the time of Christ. Photo by javarman / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0521 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b6e561d5-05bd-4498-a55b-0e6b166b3041/Montenegro+shutterstock_318983543.jpg This Week - May 21: Independence Day in Montenegro - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/64c2909c-c167-4106-bd16-752212ae7285/montenegro+church+shutterstock_2111647883.jpg This Week - May 21: Independence Day in Montenegro - Hiram Cronk Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Jovan Vladimir in Bar, Montenegro. Photo by Fotokon / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0520 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d0559a4a-47dc-4f79-af78-65a6f85cc24a/jimmy+stewart+reagan+-+nara.jpg This Week - May 20: Birthday of Jimmy Stewart (1908) - Hiram Cronk Jimmy Stewart (right) attended President Ronald Reagan’s 70th birthday party at the White House in 1981. Stewart was almost three years older. Photo courtesy the National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0519 monthly 0.5 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ddadd50f-ae56-4613-a65a-ef080dc6e65c/Halley%27s_comet_1910.jpg This Week - May 19: Earth Passes Through the Tail of Halley’s Comet (1910) - Hiram Cronk This is a photograph of Halley’s comet taken in April 1910 from Peru. Photo courtesy the Harvard College Observatory. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0518 monthly 0.5 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a9f1fed7-0c00-47ae-a5b1-ba693963bac6/Hiram_Cronk%5B1%5D.jpg This Week - May 18: Funeral Procession for Hiram Cronk (1905) - Hiram Cronk https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0517 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/941c00af-6580-4953-8b0f-83aac25649fe/norway+shutterstock_272005061.jpg This Week - May 17: National Day in Norway - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/afa7c850-cbf5-4355-948c-8fbeef91a4ca/norway+may+17+shutterstock_357144.jpg This Week - May 17: National Day in Norway - Irving Berlin at the Piano (1948) Norwegians celebrate May 17 in Oslo in 2015. Photo by Al Teich / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0516 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f66ebe99-4a84-4781-b342-d239f89d951b/chinese+frieze+wmc+cc+by-sa+30.jpg This Week - May 16: May 16 Notification in China (1966) - Irving Berlin at the Piano (1948) During the Cultural Revolution, people vandalized this artwork by knocking the heads off the figures. Photo by Udo Schoene / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0515 monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/30e098a7-99df-45fe-878c-795bd2024953/wallace+carter+-+Consolidated+News+Photos+shutterstock.jpg This Week - May 15: George Wallace is Shot (1972) - Irving Berlin at the Piano (1948) President Jimmy Carter greets George Wallace at a White House event for state governors in 1977. Photo courtesy Consolidated News Photos / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0514 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ad52cd21-fb4f-47df-b815-bc7bdd08b597/israel+1948.jpg This Week - May 14: Declaration of the State of Israel (1948) - Irving Berlin at the Piano (1948) David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the Declaration of the State of Israel in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948. Hanging on the wall is a portrait of Theodor Herzl. Image courtesy the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0513 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f0d5159b-2547-4d10-8b5d-7a777be6ced2/burial+site+clay+-+Amon+Carter.jpg This Week - May 13: U.S. Congress Declares War on Mexico (1846) - Irving Berlin at the Piano (1948) An unknown photographer took several dozen photographs of U.S. soldiers and of scenes in Mexico during the war. This daguerreotype shows the grave of Lt. Col. Henry Clay Jr. in Mexico. Henry Clay was a prominent politician from Kentucky. His son, Henry Clay Jr., was one of about 13,000 Americans and perhaps 25,000 Mexicans who died during the war. Image courtesy the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0512 monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2d1365bd-3c37-48b1-aa7f-48db4f7b2621/nightingale+scutari+-+wellcome+collection.jpg This Week - May 12: Birthday of Florence Nightingale (1820) - Irving Berlin at the Piano (1948) The 1856 illustration shows Florence Nightingale at the Scutari Hospital. Colored lithograph by E. Walker, after W. Simpson. Image courtesy the Wellcome Collection. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0511 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/02ff7a17-09f7-4684-b289-d196b4ee4e5c/irving-berlin-piano%5B1%5D.jpg This Week - May 11: Birthday of Irving Berlin (1888) - Irving Berlin at the Piano (1948) Former Civil War photographer Andrew J. Russell worked as an official Union Pacific Railroad photographer. Taking photographs in the 1800s was a slow and difficult process. Russell took 650 10” x 13” glass plate photographs during the construction of the transcontinental railroad, including this one of the ceremony on May 10, 1869. Image courtesy the Yale Collection of Western Americana. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0510 monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/9c7cc4b9-e831-4746-95ba-d451278c6357/golden+spike+1869.jpg This Week - May 10: U.S. Transcontinental Railroad Completed (1869) - Make it stand out Former Civil War photographer Andrew J. Russell worked as an official Union Pacific Railroad photographer. Taking photographs in the 1800s was a slow and difficult process. Russell took 650 10” x 13” glass plate photographs during the construction of the transcontinental railroad, including this one of the ceremony on May 10, 1869. Image courtesy the Yale Collection of Western Americana. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0509 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5dfafb34-e688-43e5-8a5a-ea95789f570c/Australia+shutterstock_2076396844.jpg This Week - May 9: Australia’s First National Parliament (1901) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/829af965-49a9-4bc2-a304-e66fa2b544f4/australia+parliament+house+shutterstock_153640094.jpg This Week - May 9: Australia’s First National Parliament (1901) - Make it stand out Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Photo by Dan Breckwoldt / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0508 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/768072e0-55c2-4dd3-91ac-ae6a7bfe78bd/france+shutterstock_218333659.jpg This Week - May 8: Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orléans (1429) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a1b0984e-d132-46e1-9464-1b83af144bc9/joan+of+arc.jpg This Week - May 8: Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orléans (1429) - Make it stand out No portrait of Joan made during her lifetime is known to exist. This illustration from a 1429 French manuscript represents Joan, though the artist had not seen her in person. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0507 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f730f61d-d70d-4ed4-bb79-5d29bf8f2c4d/lusitania.png This Week - May 7: The Sinking of the Lusitania - Make it stand out This is the front page of the New York Times from May 8, 1915, the day after the sinking of the Lusitania. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0506 monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ec08ff93-01c0-4384-95d8-1f7cbb95e185/north+pole+-+nara.jpg This Week - May 6: Birthday of Robert E. Peary (1856) - Make it stand out Members of Peary’s 1909 expedition at the site they thought to be the North Pole. Photo courtesy the National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0505 monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/af53eb21-573c-4b13-8807-833e954cf188/nellie+bly+game.jpeg This Week - May 5: Birthday of Nellie Bly (1864) - Make it stand out The McLoughlin Brothers published a board game in 1890 celebrating Nellie Bly’s journey around the world. Photo courtesy the New-York Historical Society. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0504 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a4fe5b6e-a81e-41bd-8c9b-28a34d7509d2/United+Kingdom+shutterstock_197615627.jpg This Week - May 4: Margaret Thatcher Becomes Prime Minister (1979) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/48f6e622-24ac-4753-bd37-edafbb5e1985/thatcher+reagans.jpg This Week - May 4: Margaret Thatcher Becomes Prime Minister (1979) - Make it stand out Margaret Thatcher welcomes Nancy and Ronald Reagan during their 1984 visit to the United Kingdom. Photo courtesy the National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0503 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ca9f1d1e-7d9b-4d56-8897-8b85cfd56b38/Japan+shutterstock_313422854.jpg This Week - May 3: Constitution Memorial Day in Japan - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f352cf39-6b86-4866-b139-9fc5d8fcd267/japan+constitution.jpg This Week - May 3: Constitution Memorial Day in Japan - Make it stand out This image shows signatures on the 1947 Constitution of Japan, including the Emperor’s Imperial Seal on the right. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0502 monthly 0.5 2025-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/17152447-6309-4a25-b15e-b2bcd08ede8d/1937_all_stars_crop_FINAL2.jpg This Week - May 2: Lou Gehrig Ends His Baseball Streak (1939) - Make it stand out This photo shows Lou Gehrig (far left) with other players at the 1937 All-Star Game. Photo by Harris & Ewing, courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0501 monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/336b4151-f4f7-4965-9d0f-1c885c4d846b/Andrews_Methodist_Episcopal_Church%2C_the_International_Mother%27s_Day_Shrine._Grafton%2C_West_Virginia_LCCN2015631665.tif.jpg This Week - May 1: Birthday of Anna Jarvis (1864) - Make it stand out Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, is the International Mother’s Day Shrine. Photo from the West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0430 monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/9c25f0b5-09e3-4169-a254-2729c994f25c/Vietnam+shutterstock_402282706.jpg This Week - April 30: Reunification Day in Vietnam - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7e74d6be-de2e-44b4-a027-2a5d6f89a2b2/vietnam+shutterstock_2615261167.jpg This Week - April 30: Reunification Day in Vietnam - Make it stand out These Vietnamese flags decorate Ho Chi Minh City as the country prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Reunification Day in 2025. Photo by Ray Kuschert / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0429 monthly 0.5 2025-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2ea1e03b-0d00-4728-bb01-edefb822a97e/peter+roget+nlm_nlmuid-101435072-img.jpg This Week - April 29: Roget’s Thesaurus (1852) - Make it stand out Photo of Peter Roget by Ernest Edwards, courtesy the National Library of Medicine. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0428 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/48f99cb7-e18c-46ae-a20c-1cf598c07ba6/Harper_Lee_Medal.jpg This Week - April 28: Birthday of Harper Lee (1926) - Make it stand out This photo shows Harper Lee at the ceremony in 2007 where she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from George W. Bush. White House photo by Eric Draper. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0427 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a4219147-1aa2-41e3-ae16-9a2d23c712a5/Netherlands+shutterstock_223498660.jpg This Week - April 27: Koningsdag in the Netherlands - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/918ae516-1e73-490f-8a2e-15840756be27/koningsday+shutterstock_1076816231.jpg This Week - April 27: Koningsdag in the Netherlands - Make it stand out This 2022 photo shows Dutch people celebrating Koningsdag by buying and selling at a vrijmarkt (“free market”). Photo by ingehogenbijl / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0426 monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f762fa38-b72e-47ce-bbb3-8c6cdd2af50c/audubon+book.jpg This Week - April 26: Birthday of John James Audubon (1785) - Make it stand out This photo shows an illustration from The Birds of America on display at the National Museum of Natural History. Photo by Toohool / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0425 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/78a3e454-7286-4942-8d95-0240e2a193a8/Faroe+Islands+shutterstock_265854941.jpg This Week - April 25: Flag Day in the Faroe Islands - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5433a227-b31f-439b-abbd-ce25c7121458/Roykstovan+PietFoto+shutterstock_2263718149.jpg This Week - April 25: Flag Day in the Faroe Islands - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. Roykstovan is among the oldest wooden houses in the world that is still inhabited. Originally built around 1100 as part of the local bishop’s residence, it became a farm house in the 1500s. Since then, the same extended family has lived in the house for seventeen generations. Part of the complex is open to the public as a museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c6c82d14-1729-4012-aad3-bc574834398c/faroe+flag+LouieLea+shutterstock_2196207685.jpg This Week - April 25: Flag Day in the Faroe Islands - Make it stand out The flag of the Faroe Islands in the capital of Tórshavn. Photo by LouieLea / Shutterstock.com https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0424 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/874784b6-4657-42f2-8ee6-755d3952f434/field+trip+library+of+congress.jpg This Week - April 24: Library of Congress (1800) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. This photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston shows students on a field trip at the Library of Congress around 1899. Photo courtesy—surprise, surprise—the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0423 monthly 0.5 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/90484012-3ee7-4e49-b604-6e7cca13e78c/temple+black+and+ford+-+nara.jpg This Week - April 23: Birthday of Shirley Temple (1928) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. U.S. Ambassador-Designate to Ghana Shirley Temple Black meets with President Gerald Ford in the Oval Office in 1974. Photo courtesy the Gerald R. Ford Library, National Archives and Records Administration. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0422 monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f131f3dc-560c-4dcb-a4bd-97263689c9f3/1865_Two_Cent_Obverse.png This Week - April 22: Coinage Act of 1864 - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. 1865 Two-Cent Coin. Photo by Brandon Grossardt. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0421 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ad23b2ea-5cc1-4eb6-8621-b83666e9ad0a/queen+elizabeth+ii+shutterstock_2200011843.jpg This Week - April 21: Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II (1926) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. Displayed after her death in 2022, this billboard in London shows portraits of Queen Elizabeth II as a young woman and as an older woman. Photo by Eszter Virt / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0420 monthly 0.5 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3b38a0e1-90ed-43b8-beaa-6ad5a2d02992/Louis_Pasteur_experiment.jpg This Week - April 20: Development of Pasteurization (1862) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. Louis Pasteur in his laboratory. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0419 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/176a6af5-ec92-4944-aa9d-34af2d37a4cf/garfield+family+-+Cleveland+Public+Library.jpg This Week - April 19: Birthday of Lucretia Garfield (1832) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. This 1906 photo by George Mountain Edmondson shows Lucretia Garfield with some of her children and grandchildren. Photo courtesy the Cleveland Public Library. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0418 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/71f0bae3-e131-4735-a0a7-a296ecda714b/Zimbabwe+shutterstock_211176790.jpg This Week - April 18: Independence Day in Zimbabwe - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/eca90f53-c73a-4626-a20b-1e86107d405a/zimbabwe+women+-+fivepointsix++shutterstock_1959713950.jpg This Week - April 18: Independence Day in Zimbabwe - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. Women in Zimbabwe on April 18, 2021. Photo by fivepointsix / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0417 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a0b574e6-eabc-4c7f-9b8c-255dd9dbdd72/Syria+shutterstock_197628098.jpg This Week - April 17: Syria Observes Evacuation Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a7378c08-732f-4756-b38c-dd48de405a1c/syria+2025+Mohammad+Bash+shutterstock_2598188609.jpg This Week - April 17: Syria Observes Evacuation Day - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. Syrians celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in January 2025. Photo by Mohammad Bash / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0416 monthly 0.5 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/02740740-c562-41e3-925d-1622a99da754/wright+siblings.jpg This Week - April 16: Birthday of Wilbur Wright (1867) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. This 1909 photo shows Wilbur Wright preparing to take his sister Katharine up for her first flight in France. Orville Wright stands at left. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0415 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e435323f-2246-4af1-bd93-d4f20fbb1cfb/thomas+and+alice+Larry+Prock+shutterstock.jpg This Week - April 15: American School for the Deaf Opens (1817) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. Thomas Gallaudet’s son, Edward Miner Gallaudet, helped to establish Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. This is the world’s only university designed for deaf and hard of hearing students. This 1889 statue by David Chester French on the campus portrays Thomas Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell. Photo by Larry Prock / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0414 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/08e921d0-332a-4636-a9cf-c2061ada609c/Violet_Jessop+wmc.jpg This Week - April 14: The Titanic Strikes an Iceberg (1912) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. Violet Jessop (1887-1971) was born in Argentina to Irish immigrant parents. She worked as a stewardess on the Olympic and the Titanic and then as a nurse on the Britannic and was involved in all three of the incidents mentioned above. She survived them all! https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0413 monthly 0.5 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a8ea8241-83f3-4720-b465-01fb6ca81437/marguerite+henry+and+misty.jpg This Week - April 13: Birthday of Marguerite Henry (1902) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. This 1949 image shows Misty the horse with author Marguerite Henry. Misty traveled to publicity events with Marguerite. Photo courtesy the American Library Association Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0412 monthly 0.5 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/437d588b-3ecd-49aa-90d0-633e9ced7834/cleary+sculpture+-+wmc+cc+by+sa+30.jpg This Week - April 12: Birthday of Beverly Cleary (1916) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. The Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden in Portland, Oregon, has three statues by Portland artist Lee Hunt. They represent Henry Higgins, his dog Ribsy, and Ramona Quinby (shown here). Beverly Cleary lived in this neighborhood and played in this park as a child. Photo by Orange Suede Sofa / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0411 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3d5afd53-e649-4344-ac73-042f15965f73/white+tenants+-+loc.jpg This Week - April 11: Civil Rights Act of 1968 - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. When black families attempted to move in to the Sojourner Truth Housing Project in Detroit, Michigan, in 1942, white residents started a violent protest. This sign was placed across the street. Photo by Arthur S. Siegel, courtesy the Library of Congress. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0410 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/16fd8755-33c7-4ef4-8a37-30113dd122cd/gorsuch+white+house.jpg This Week - April 10: Neil Gorsuch Joins the Supreme Court (2017) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy administered the oath of office to Neil Gorsuch on April 10, 2017, as Louise Gorsuch and President Donald Trump looked on. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0409 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/afa20f27-30d3-49c9-918a-eeb1df3c4134/Georgia+shutterstock_2134291739.jpg This Week - April 9: Independence Restoration Day in Georgia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2efe5505-72fd-4e0f-b2fb-0e0be7adf923/chronicle+of+georgia+shutterstock_2511971063.jpg This Week - April 9: Independence Restoration Day in Georgia - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. The Chronicle of Georgia, designed by sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, is a monument in Tbilisi, Georgia, that honors people and events in Georgian history, including St. Nino, the woman credited with bringing the gospel to the Georgian people. Photo by Mohammad Bash / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0408 monthly 0.5 2025-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5ac88689-80a0-4894-bc49-512f74cc158b/fords+football+-+nara.jpg This Week - April 8: Birthday of Betty Ford (1918) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. While Betty Ford was recovering from surgery in the hospital, she staged this photo throwing a football to her husband, who had been a star football player in college. Photo courtesy Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0407 monthly 0.5 2025-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c7917a7a-105f-4eb7-a555-a2d1f3d992fb/who+-+wmc+cc40.jpg This Week - April 7: World Health Day - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. This photo shows workers from the World Health Organization in Bangladesh in 2021. Photo by Jubair Bin Iqbal / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0406 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/91d67272-829f-467f-9c07-bf5a86aa05d1/1896_Olympic_opening_ceremony.jpg This Week - April 6: First Modern Olympic Games Begin (1896) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. This photo shows the opening ceremony of the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0405 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c7b88941-df8c-4e86-81bf-b76532f1700f/tambora+-+Christina+Koch+nasa+jsc.jpg This Week - April 5: Mount Tambora Begins Erupting (1815) - Astronaut Christina Koch took this photo of Mount Tambora from the International Space Station in 2019. Photo courtesy JSC / NASA. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0404 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/411dc808-a1b6-46e2-90ab-85e12e3cbccc/senegal+shutterstock_225340717.jpg This Week - April 4: Independence Day in Senegal - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/73c52f3b-f6d1-4a4e-8d1a-88835de9e9fd/fadiouth+island+-+Curioso.Photography+shutterstock_1569902506.jpg This Week - April 4: Independence Day in Senegal - Fadiouth, Senegal, is a community built on an island made of shells. Photo by Curioso.Photography / Shutterstock.com. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0403 monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/bebcc379-b123-403e-bd8f-cc70d23a4ca0/pony_express_letter.jpg This Week - April 3: First Pony Express Journeys Begin (1860) - This letter left San Francisco on April 3, 1860, and arrived in St. Joseph on April 13. Image courtesy Richard Frajola. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0402 monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7a0f2a3e-931a-4e50-855c-ac2147ebb466/dog_seal-topaz-enhance-4x.jpg This Week - April 2: U.S. Mint Established (1792) - In 1793 the U.S. Mint purchased a dog named Nero to work with the nightwatchman to guard the facility. This image shows a U.S. Treasury seal created around 1800. The dog pictured in the seal is thought to honor Nero. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0401 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3be1b757-6fcf-4690-9330-058ffc2ce2c6/iran+shutterstock_216371362.jpg This Week - April 1: Islamic Republic Day in Iran - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/df2e1cce-4dce-4699-a5c7-d7a9006eec97/iran+-+BalkansCat+shutterstock_1214732170.jpg This Week - April 1: Islamic Republic Day in Iran - This bazaar in the city of Isfahan, Iran, has a portrait of the country’s two supreme leaders—Khomeini (1979-1989) and Khamenei (1989-present). Photo by BalkansCat / Shutterstock.com. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0331 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e5cc011a-0786-4e47-bcc4-15cf9632cf8c/newfoundland+and+labrador+shutterstock_2317388983.jpg This Week - March 31: Newfoundland Becomes a Province of Canada (1949) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d1334df0-94b8-4519-8c1f-b0c7f33cd13d/st+johns+newfoundland+-+Aqnus+Febriyant+shutterstock_2220738299.jpg This Week - March 31: Newfoundland Becomes a Province of Canada (1949) - Homes in St. John’s, the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador. Photo by Aqnus Febriyant / Shutterstock.com. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0330 monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0d6eae02-35cb-4af1-aea2-73b92ffea2e6/doc-041-big%5B1%5D.jpg This Week - March 30: The United States and Russia Sign Treaty for the Purchase of Alaska (1867) - This is the cancelled check drawn on the U.S. Treasury for the purchase of Alaska. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0329 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/233e7210-0102-4fa9-ba5f-389c272aae37/terra+cotta+warriors+-+DnDavis+shutterstock_665988655.jpg This Week - March 29: Discovery of the Chinese Terracotta Warriors (1974) - The terracotta army of Shihuangdi. Photo by DnDavis / Shutterstock.com. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0328 monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/eff41e84-0cd7-4d88-af57-4b3c9afa0101/turkey+shutterstock_218820142.jpg This Week - March 28: Constantinople Becomes Istanbul (1930) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/65c34212-fd7e-4385-8e44-2ce75f5424b5/istanbul+-+Ufuk+Eral+Photography+shutterstock_617441120.jpg This Week - March 28: Constantinople Becomes Istanbul (1930) - Modern Istanbul. Photo by Ufuk Eral Photography / Shutterstock.com. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0327 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d517ff24-1304-41ad-ae5a-6c4e70d32b37/cherry+blossoms+-+f11photo+shutterstock_190129115.jpg This Week - March 27: Cherry Trees in Washington, D.C. (1912) - This stone lantern was carved in Japan in 1651. The Japanese government presented it to the city of Washington, D.C., in 1954. It stands among the cherry trees there. Photo by f11photo / Shutterstock.com. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0326 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/47c4080d-58de-4f12-b9ea-948d257a115a/bangladesh+shutterstock_447277432.jpg This Week - March 26: Independence Day of Bangladesh - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ec83e5af-7517-4985-91a8-ec8587755576/bangladesh+anthem+-+Sebastian+Castelier+shutterstock_2550884191.jpg This Week - March 26: Independence Day of Bangladesh - On March 26, 2014, Bangladeshis celebrated their Independence Day by setting a world record for the most people singing a regional or national anthem together. In the capital of Dhaka, 254,537 people gathered to sing “Amar Sonar Bangla.” Photo by Sebastian Castelier / Shutterstock.com. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0325 monthly 0.5 2025-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3e6fc7e6-fd3f-4af8-bcc0-4614819d1217/waist+company+fire.jpg This Week - March 25: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911) - This 1911 photo shows the interior of the Triangle Waist Company shop on the 9th floor after the fire. Photo by Brown Brothers, courtesy The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University. Flickr / CC BY 2.0 President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0324 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2ea0a5e7-42a0-434e-b801-974e26ca5c46/fanny+crosby.jpg This Week - March 24: Birthday of Fanny Crosby (1820) - Fanny Crosby (1906). Photo by W. J. Searle, courtesy the Library of Congress. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0323 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/cd0a6b5b-5cb5-409c-a233-7e3e6ebefded/pakistan+shutterstock_209980906.jpg This Week - March 23: Pakistan Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1422cde8-8491-4138-9154-144aed974420/pakistan+khlongwangchao+shutterstock.jpg This Week - March 23: Pakistan Day - Indus River in the Karakoram Mountains of Pakistan. Photo by khlongwangchao / Shutterstock.com. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0322 monthly 0.5 2025-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b6e6d0f0-de87-4f95-9e7d-25e0df5c7a02/edmund+burke.jpg This Week - March 22: Edmund Burke’s Speech on Conciliation (1775) - 19th-century illustration of Edmund Burke. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0321 monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/06c03e68-5867-4dc6-978b-460ca07cb6a2/namibia+shutterstock_208602109.jpg This Week - March 21: Independence Day in Namibia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/adfc7eb7-76d9-4267-896e-4bd970bc3fce/namibia+church+shutterstock_1961856517.jpg This Week - March 21: Independence Day in Namibia Felsenkirche is a Lutheran church built in the coastal town of Lüderitz in 1912. About 90% of Namibians identify as Christians. The largest groups are Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and Anglicans. Photo by Joli L / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0320 monthly 0.5 2025-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b5cc5ccf-c3a5-4e45-9386-7ec91af6cce7/fred+rogers+-+highsmith.jpg This Week - March 20: Birthday of Fred Rogers (1928) - Robert Berks created this sculpture of Mister Rogers in 2009. Called "Tribute to Children," it is located at the North Shore Riverfront Park in Pittsburgh. Photo from Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0319 monthly 0.5 2025-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/4f0d1dfd-9de7-4c32-bbac-74a031852327/bryan+and+grandchildren+-+loc.jpg This Week - March 19: Birthday of William Jennings Bryan (1860) - William Jennings Bryan with two of his grandchildren (c. 1912). Photo by the Bain News Service, courtesy the Library of Congress. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0318 monthly 0.5 2025-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6cabeb17-600b-4321-add4-aee204629b40/wells+fargo+wagon.jpg This Week - March 18: Founding of Wells Fargo (1852) - This Wells Fargo wagon is carrying gold from the Great Homestake Mine in Deadwood, South Dakota. John Grabill took this photo in 1890. Courtesy the Library of Congress. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0317 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/787dc2d8-ebeb-4298-b6d3-4cc83235226e/st+patrick%27s+day+in+america+-+loc.jpg This Week - March 17: Saint Patrick’s Day - This print by Duval & Hunter from around 1872 is titled, “St. Patrick’s Day in America.” The caption says that it is “commemorative of Ireland's unswerving fidelity to her ancient religion and the devotion of her exiled children to the sacred principles of her freedom and redemption as a nation.” President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0316 monthly 0.5 2025-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/4e023ad8-c09c-4a19-aa76-190004fd91a6/samoset+-+wmc.jpg This Week - March 16: Samoset Visits the Pilgrims (1621) - This 19th-century illustration depicts Samoset meeting the Pilgrims. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0315 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/dc20ab6d-3d1d-45a8-8bac-1623833b26dd/billy+graham.jpg This Week - March 15: Billy Graham Crusade in Chattanooga, TN (1953) - Billy Graham speaking in Washington, D.C, in 1960. Photo by John T. Bledsoe, courtesy the Library of Congress. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0314 monthly 0.5 2025-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/9fe86681-0282-470d-a7f4-1a9dec6c9fb4/cathy+bush.jpg This Week - March 14: Birthday of Truett Cathy (1921) - President George W. Bush (left) welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. President George W. Bush welcomed Truett Cathy to the White House in 2008 to present him with the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0313 monthly 0.5 2025-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/916db9a5-db0e-4428-b0bf-c944bdf31d9e/herschels+-+wellcome+collection.jpg This Week - March 13: Discovery of Uranus (1781) - Adam Smith (c. 1790) This 1896 print by A. Diethe shows William Herschel and Caroline Herschel working on a telescope component. Image courtesy the Wellcome Collection. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0312 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b4b09ff9-a4c3-4206-9554-f80606d5f542/mauritius+shutterstock_233652463.jpg This Week - March 12: National Day of Mauritius - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/3c6e3a37-426c-42de-8391-109876cb124d/mauritius+OlegD+shutterstock_2086976563.jpg This Week - March 12: National Day of Mauritius - Adam Smith (c. 1790) People in Mauritius celebrate National Day in 2017. Photo by OlegD / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0311 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b9c15c4c-105b-4658-90f8-2a8f301bcefc/lithuania+shutterstock_325825784.jpg This Week - March 11: Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ac8e55c9-00f7-4b60-b6ce-743acebe73af/lithuania+-+shutterstock_1912285780.jpg This Week - March 11: Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania - Adam Smith (c. 1790) This photo shows people in Vilnius, Lithuania, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the restoration of their country’s independence in 2020. Photo by MNStudio / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0310 monthly 0.5 2025-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/80fb1480-28fd-4602-8f50-8e8c3a7a7aaa/Alexander_Graham_Bell_and_family.jpg This Week - March 10: Bell and Watson Talk on the Telephone (1876) - Adam Smith (c. 1790) Alexander Graham Bell married Mabel Hubbard in 1877. Mabel had lost her hearing at age five. This 1885 photo shows them with their daughters Elsie (left) and Marian. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0309 monthly 0.5 2025-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6643759c-50a7-49f2-afed-6f583736896b/adam+smith+-+wmc.jpg This Week - March 9: “The Wealth of Nations” is Published (1776) - Adam Smith (c. 1790) This photo shows a 2023 NASCAR race in Georgia. Photo courtesy the Grindstone Media Group / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0308 monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/591fe754-1970-4b6e-9bf6-605229523fd8/nascar+Grindstone+Media+Group+shutterstock_2330809057.jpg This Week - March 8: Stock Car Race in Daytona Beach, Florida (1936) This photo shows a 2023 NASCAR race in Georgia. Photo courtesy the Grindstone Media Group / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0307 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6be0473f-ed33-4624-b02e-365e319e69d5/pettus+bridge+-+white+house.jpg This Week - March 7: Violence at the Edmund Pettus Bridge (1965) On March 7, 2015, people gathered in Selma to mark the 50th anniversary of the first march. John Lewis was one of the original marchers who crossed the bridge that day with Barack and Michelle Obama, George and Laura Bush, and others. White House photo by Lawrence Jackson. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0306 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d0da5fe5-af8a-41e4-80c5-62ff446cfea5/ghana+shutterstock_224180068.jpg This Week - March 6: Independence Day in Ghana - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/25540b69-6ad4-4429-b11f-7b97b4dfda6d/black+star+gate+Truba7113+shutterstock_1709789116.jpg This Week - March 6: Independence Day in Ghana The Black Star Gate is part of Independence Square in the capital of Accra, Ghana. Photo by Truba7113 / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0305 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/f3d8cd27-9cf3-4645-bc44-67746042aa43/wmc+ammodramus+National_Churchill_Museum_from_S_1.jpeg This Week - March 5: Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech (1946) St. Mary Aldermanbury was a church in London destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666. Architect Christopher Wren oversaw its reconstruction. The church was destroyed again during World War II by German bombing. The church lay in ruins until the 1960s when the remaining stones were moved from London to Missouri. The church was reconstructed on the campus of Westminster College, as pictured above. Beneath the reconstructed church is the National Churchill Museum, which commemorates the life and times of Winston Churchill. Outside the church is a sculpture designed by Churchill’s granddaughter Edwina Sandys. Dedicated in 1990 and entitled “Breakthrough,” it incorporates eight sections from the Berlin Wall. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev gave a speech at Westminster College in 1992 declaring the end of the Cold War. Photo courtesy Ammodramus / Wikimedia Commons. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0304 monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/dbdadac1-55e6-4502-89fc-10e1adf070fe/vermont+shutterstock_1820910254.jpg This Week - March 4: Vermont Becomes the 14th State (1791) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e37b3630-0887-480a-8bea-cfb64a4c0e3c/peacham+vt+NEKVT+shutterstock_2122378130.jpg This Week - March 4: Vermont Becomes the 14th State (1791) Settlers established the community of Peacham, Vermont, in 1776. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0303 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b8362d11-d52c-4e96-a914-5e7ff64749bf/star+spangled+lyrics.jpg This Week - March 3: “The Star-Spangled Banner” Becomes the Official U.S. National Anthem (1931) This is Francis Scott Key’s original manuscript of the lyrics for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0302 monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d8af7320-3e32-491e-9a03-171bc62a61e4/russia+-+shutterstock_325131611.jpg This Week - March 2: Birthday of Mikhail Gorbachev - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/503eba15-02d7-433c-973a-f5c9c8fe4b5a/President_Reagan_meeting_with_Soviet_General_Secretary_Gorbachev_at_Hofdi_House_during_the_Reykjavik_Summit_Iceland.jpg This Week - March 2: Birthday of Mikhail Gorbachev Mikahil Gorbachev met with U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Iceland in 1986. Photo courtesy the National Archives, Reagan White House Photographs. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0301 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/aa1cc525-826d-48cb-8149-443be9228008/korea+-+shutterstock_353593271.jpg This Week - March 1: Independence Movement Day in South Korea - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2f48533b-28cb-49ee-ac2c-bb48993a5555/south+korea+march+1+Amankgupta+shutterstock_1379378417.jpg This Week - March 1: Independence Movement Day in South Korea People in Gwangju, South Korea, celebrate the centennial of the March 1st Independence Movement in 2019. Photo by Amankgupta / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0228 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/ee0c99db-bda7-4138-baef-c4ee0b6e7fcd/blondin+-+wmc.jpg This Week - February 28: Birthday of Blondin (1824) This photo by William England shows Blondin over the Niagara River in 1859. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0227 monthly 0.5 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/eaa15466-0c40-4c94-b5d5-f5efbb39668e/longfellow+study+nps.jpg This Week - February 27: Birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807) This photo shows Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his study around 1880. Photo courtesy the National Park Service, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0226 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c9959f84-33dc-4b38-8b52-7885d912f916/in+his+steps+-+loc.jpg This Week - February 26: Birthday of Charles Sheldon (1857) Hiram Revels with his wife, Phoebe, and five of their daughters. Photo courtesy the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0225 monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/6d07bb15-5ff9-446e-a7fb-38d537c16120/hiram+revels+family.jpeg This Week - February 25: Hiram Revels Becomes a U.S. Senator (1870) - Make it stand out Hiram Revels with his wife, Phoebe, and five of their daughters. Photo courtesy the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0224 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b8af75fa-aa07-4806-8845-73b5f440518e/baltic+states+shutterstock_252343516.jpg This Week - February 24: Independence Day in Estonia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/986759cf-04c3-4388-8b46-e3cf30251b83/estonia+Don+Huan+shutterstock_1033058245.jpg This Week - February 24: Independence Day in Estonia - Make it stand out This photo shows a scene in Tallinn, Estonia, during the 100th anniversary of Estonia’s independence in 2018. Photo by Don Huan / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0223 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7e03bde6-2add-4765-9725-950c4c3c0a4f/handel+painting+-+wmc.jpg This Week - February 23: Birthday of George Frideric Handel (1685) - Charles Alexander Eastman This 19th-century painting by Belgian artist Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman depicts George Handel with King George I of England at the debut of Handel’s Water Music in 1717. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0222 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2305ddc3-7063-4950-af59-d0735d26e3bc/saudi+arabia+shutterstock_348664877.jpg This Week - February 22: Saudi Founding Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/2b5763d9-3522-49f5-bd1a-518ac5378fbd/saudi+founding+day+shutterstock_2140833039.jpg This Week - February 22: Saudi Founding Day - Charles Alexander Eastman People celebrate Saudi Founding Day on February 22, 2022, at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Photo by Hyserb / Shutterstock.com. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0221 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b4d1aab3-d4d4-4306-bff1-626cf8be45cb/nixon+china.jpg This Week - February 21: Nixon’s Visit to China (1972) - Charles Alexander Eastman President Richard Nixon shakes hands with Premier Zhou Enlai upon arrival in Beijing on February 21, 1972. First Lady Pat Nixon wore a red coat. In Chinese culture, the color red represents good luck and friendship. Photo courtesy the National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0220 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/c71d5407-e6d3-4714-85e9-d397d1d4dd5a/tetons+ansel+adams.jpg This Week - February 20: Birthday of Ansel Adams (1902) - Charles Alexander Eastman This photograph by Ansel Adams shows the Snake River with the Grand Tetons in the background. Photo courtesy the National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0219 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a95af903-9cbe-466b-90ea-402a581260a6/charles+eastman.jpeg This Week - February 19: Birthday of Charles Alexander Eastman (1858) - Charles Alexander Eastman This is the official 1965 proclamation of the new flag of Canada, written in English and French. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0218 monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/cf3c4d56-f144-4403-801c-e3ab9160304b/gambia+shutterstock_225340447.jpg This Week - February 18: Independence Day in The Gambia - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5256f064-0ad7-4009-a28f-612ae2cd3a35/gambia+fishing+shutterstock_1571227570.jpg This Week - February 18: Independence Day in The Gambia - Fishing boats in the village of Tanji, The Gambia. Photo by Curioso. Photography / Shutterstock.com. This is the official 1965 proclamation of the new flag of Canada, written in English and French. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0217 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/a7e141a0-baa1-4a74-9e0d-a9d0e1576348/red+cross+ukraine+shutterstock_2134610081.jpg This Week - February 17: Origin of the Red Cross (1863) - This 2022 photo shows a Red Cross tent in Poland serving people displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Mynameislisenok / Shutterstock.com. This is the official 1965 proclamation of the new flag of Canada, written in English and French. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0216 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/7f2c21c2-4ba4-41f1-8bc1-907cd4110268/cuba+shutterstock_218476921.jpg This Week - February 16: Fidel Castro Becomes Prime Minister of Cuba (1959) - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1d581874-fb23-41ea-a383-df46a849704f/castro+1963+shutterstock_525710098.jpg This Week - February 16: Fidel Castro Becomes Prime Minister of Cuba (1959) - This 1963 photo shows Fidel Castro visiting Uzbekistan, then part of the Soviet Union. This is the official 1965 proclamation of the new flag of Canada, written in English and French. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0215 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1395e9a3-3620-4c74-8ac1-3821da576c42/canada+shutterstock_2258090275.jpg This Week - February 15: National Flag of Canada Day - Make it stand out Map by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/b84527ce-8b59-4216-8e59-98edb7d2f887/proclamation+of+canadian+flag.jpg This Week - February 15: National Flag of Canada Day - Make it stand out This is the official 1965 proclamation of the new flag of Canada, written in English and French. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0214 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/d03e031b-8a78-4820-9425-aabf978ef7e4/kennedy+tea.jpg This Week - February 14: A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy (1962) - Make it stand out First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (seated center) hosted a tea in December 1961 for members of the Committee for White House Paintings. Photo by Robert Knudsen, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0213 monthly 0.5 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/e7cbcedb-354f-42f8-af48-6ee8f344977e/alice-almanzo-wilder%5B1%5D.jpg This Week - February 13: Birthday of Almanzo Wilder - Alice and Almanzo Wilder (c. 1865) This photo shows Lou (lower left) and Herbert (center) Hoover on their wedding day in 1899. Lou’s parents, Charles and Florence, are on the right, and her sister, Jean, is behind Hebert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/57dd6985-1d11-4e0e-826a-ea93f8e28ae0/almanzo+wilder.jpg This Week - February 13: Birthday of Almanzo Wilder - Make it stand out Almanzo Wilder working with horses at Rocky Ridge farm. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0212 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/8dd88d35-553f-4c9c-a59f-18f6d2b9e1ed/olivia+hooker+-+nypl.jpeg This Week - February 12: Birthday of Olivia Hooker (1915) - SPAR Olivia Hooker at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Station, Manhattan Beach (1945) This photo shows Lou (lower left) and Herbert (center) Hoover on their wedding day in 1899. Lou’s parents, Charles and Florence, are on the right, and her sister, Jean, is behind Hebert. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0211 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/24506ef1-0b96-49e0-be54-8d39f648caf4/edison+statue+-+charlene+notgrass.jpg This Week - February 11: Birthday of Thomas Edison (1847) - Statue of Thomas Edison and Nancy Edison by Michael Tradowsky in Milan, Ohio. This photo shows Lou (lower left) and Herbert (center) Hoover on their wedding day in 1899. Lou’s parents, Charles and Florence, are on the right, and her sister, Jean, is behind Hebert. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0210 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/0a358b46-84cd-4a09-b8a1-209649d066b7/hoovers+-+national+archives.png This Week - February 10: Marriage of Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover (1899) - Make it stand out This photo shows Lou (lower left) and Herbert Hoover (center) on their wedding day in 1899. Lou’s parents, Charles and Florence, are on the right, and her sister, Jean, is behind Herbert. Photo courtesy the National Archives. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0209 monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/5074d87c-e481-478c-89e1-ae9e27ead673/snowflake+bentley+noaa.jpg This Week - February 9: Birthday of Wilson Bentley (1865) - Make it stand out This photo shows Wilson Bentley with his camera equipment. Photo courtesy the NOAA. https://thisisthedaytopray.com/calendar/0208 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673dfdcb02130c5241df4480/1e287407-0477-44d9-96f6-416a67f9aed4/wren+building+shutterstock_759939433.jpg This Week - February 8: Charter of the College of William and Mary (1693) - Make it stand out The Wren Building, named after English architect Christopher Wren, was originally built between 1695 and 1699. The building has burned three times—in 1705, 1859, and 1862. Portions of the building have been kept during each reconstruction, so the college claims it is the oldest college building still standing in the United States. 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