On Friday, April 13th 2012 at 11:00 am, there will President Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday Commemoration will take place at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. The event, sponsored by the District Columbia Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, will include wreath-laying by representatives of a number of patriotic societies, the Federal government and the Commonwealth of Virginia accompanied by a military honor guard. Canon Nalls is scheduled to deliver the invocation and benediction.
For Our Country.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favour and glad to do thy will. Bless our land with honourable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogancy, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to thy law, we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in thee to fail; all which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer Attributed to Thomas Jefferson-1928 Book of Common Prayer p. 36.
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