‘We remember our heroes’: Christians reflect on the 75th anniversary of D-Day

By Michael Gryboski, Editor Thursday, June 06, 2019

Franklin Graham

In 2012, more than 1,250 churches of various denominations and some 5,500 local volunteers joined together with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Ghana for the culmination of a year of work in the Accra area preparing for the Ghana Jesus Festival with Franklin Graham. | (Photo: BGEA)

The Reverend Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, took to social media to remember the anniversary.

In a post to his official Facebook page on Thursday morning, Graham noted that the event was “the beginning of the turning point of World War 2.”

He also quoted from a prayer given by then President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the nation at large, in which the former commander-in-chief called the invasion “a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.”

“And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade,” prayed FDR, as quoted by Graham.

“Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men.”