{"id":548,"date":"2026-05-17T16:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=548"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:03:14","slug":"thousands-flock-to-national-mall-in-washington-for-prayer-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=548","title":{"rendered":"Thousands flock to National Mall in Washington for prayer rally"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a \u201crededication of our country as One Nation under God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Against the backdrop of the Washington Monument, worship music blared from a stage that made clear the event\u2019s Christian focus. Arched stained-glass windows, set underneath grand columns resembling a federal building, depicted the nation\u2019s founders alongside a white cross.<\/span><\/p>\n

President Donald Trump was expected to address the gathering, which got underway as a light rain fell, in a video message. Other top Republicans, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., were also on the schedule as part of the celebrations this year marking 250 years of U.S. independence.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Only one name on the Rededicate 250 program was not Christian. Most were among Trump\u2019s longtime evangelical supporters, including Paula White-Cain of the White House Faith Office and evangelist Franklin Graham of Samaritan\u2019s Purse.<\/span><\/p>\n

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