National Prayer Day observance May 4 in Orange Beach

National Prayer Day observance May 4 in Orange Beach

National Day of Prayer will be observed on Thursday, May 4 at noon at the Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach. Everyone is invited. Local church pastors will take turns leading the community in prayer on the art center’s shaded front lawn.
The National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. In 1988, the law was unanimously amended by both the House and the Senate and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on Thursday, May 5, 1988, designating the first Thursday of May as a day of national prayer. Every president since 1952 has signed a National Day of Prayer proclamation.