The National WWII Museum | Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day Prayer, June 6, 1944 @wwiimuseum | Uploaded 4 months ago | Updated 4 hours ago
On the evening of June 6, 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made a radio broadcast to address the nation for the first time since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy. On this occasion, the president's usual "fireside chat" was replaced with a joint prayer with the American people.