U.S. Representative Michael Cloud (second from left) and Judge Richard Meyer (fourth from left) with local ministers from Calhoun County met, along with a number of others, at the Port Lavaca Courthouse to observe the National Day of Prayer.
-Photo by Angela Castillo

President Harry Truman, along with the U.S. Congress, instituted a National Day of Prayer. That was on April 17, 1952. Its purpose was that “all of us, in our churches, in our homes, and in our hearts, may beseech God to grant us wisdom to know the course which we should follow, and strength and patience to pursue that course steadfastly.” President Truman also added, “May we also give thanks to Him for His constant watchfulness over us in every hour of national prosperity and national peril.” The date of its observance is the first Thursday of May.
-Tanya DeForest