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Local residents gather in Havre to pray, lead in prayer

Worshippers assembled on Town Square Thursday at noon in observance of the National Day of Prayer.

The event, hosted by the Greater Havre Area Ministerial Association or GHAMA, was one of countless events in communities around the nation to mark the day,

The history of the National Day of Prayer goes back to 1952, when legislation was passed calling on the president to set aside one day a year "other than Sunday" to be a National Day of Prayer, information posted on the National Day of Prayer website said.

In 1988, a bill was passed by Congress that designated the first Thursday of ev...

 

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