{"id":320870,"date":"2026-05-18T05:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320870\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T05:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:57:00","slug":"live-thousands-gather-on-national-mall-for-all-day-one-nation-under-god-prayer-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320870\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Thousands gather on National Mall for all-day &#8220;One Nation Under God&#8221; prayer rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people are gathered on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/top-videos\/memorial-day-events-set-to-honor-fallen-service-members-ahead-of-holiday-country-music-star-craig-morgan-america-250-freedom-250-washington-dc-arlington-national-cemetary-music#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Mall<\/a> for an all-day prayer rally on Sunday, broadcasted as a \u201crededication of our country as One Nation Under God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"LIVE: Thousands gather on National Mall for all-day \u201cOne Nation Under God\u201d prayer rally\" class=\"LivestreamEmbed_thumbnail__K7KfB\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/80eb4193-cccc-4ca1-95ed-0427b172d958-GettyImages2276182542.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In front of the Washington Monument, worship music played from the stage, which features stained-glass windows of the nation\u2019s founders, grand columns and a white cross.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump was expected to address the gatherers along with other top officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)<\/p>\n<p>The event is part of the ongoing celebrations this year marking America\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the names listed on the Rededicate 250 program were Christians and include some of Trump\u2019s longtime evangelical supporters such as Paula White-Cain of the White House Faith Office and evangelist Franklin Graham of Samaritan\u2019s Purse.<\/p>\n<p>Only one name on the program was not Christian.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are deeply concerned that what is really being rededicated is a nation to a very narrow and ideological part of the Christian faith that betrays our nation&#8217;s fundamental commitment to religious freedom,&#8221; said Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, a Baptist minister who leads the progressive Christian organization Sojourners.<\/p>\n<p>The lineup features guests who often argue that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, a message that is disputed by many historians and other religious traditions.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized by Freedom 250, a public-private partnership with White House support.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Progressive groups, such as the Freedom from Religion Foundation, planned counter events. The group advocates for strict separation of church and state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of people are gathered on the National Mall for an all-day prayer rally on Sunday, broadcasted as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-320870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}