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FILE - In this Thursday, May 7, 2020 file photo, The Spirit of Faith Christian Center Choir sings during a White House National Day of Prayer service in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. U.S. soldiers were fighting in Korea when President Harry S. Truman signed a Congressional resolution calling for an annual National Day of Prayer. The purpose was for the public to gather in houses of worship to pray for world peace, according to an Associated Press report from April 17, 1952. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Day of Prayer inspires pleas for unity and justice

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and DAVID CRARY and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

In this Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, a Taiwanese military officer salutes to Taiwan's flag onboard Navy's 124th fleet Lafayette frigate during military exercises off Kaohsiung, southern of Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File) **FILE**

Taiwan, China trade accusations after staffers fight in Fiji

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press

A police officer displays a warning banner on China's National Day in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. A popular shopping district in Causeway Bay saw a heavy police presence on the Oct. 1 National Day holiday despite low protester turnout. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong police arrest 86 for protesting on China holiday

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

Protester react to tear gas as a fire burns on the streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Protests continue a day after police shot a teenage demonstrator at close range during widespread anti-government demonstrations on China's National Day and marked a fearsome escalation in Hong Kong's protest violence. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Shot Hong Kong teen charged with rioting, attacking police

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Protesters display opened palm with five fingers, signifying the five demands of protesters at a main street in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Riot police fired tear gas Sunday after a large crowd of protesters at a Hong Kong shopping district ignored warnings to disperse in a second straight day of clashes, sparking fears of more violence ahead of China's National Day. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Activists slam Hong Kong police warning of holiday violence

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

19 killed in China factory fire ahead of National Day

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A statue of missionary Junipero Serra, right, is seen in Statuary Hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 2, 2015. California lawmakers are shelving a plan to replace the statue with astronaut Sally Ride, bowing to pressure to drop the idea until after Pope Francis's September visit to the U.S., when he plans to make the 18th-century missionary a saint. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

National Day of Prayer, a hopeful pause among political storms

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to Special Air Mission 41 at Ellington Field during a departure ceremony Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)

NYSE, Nasdaq to close on Wednesday to honor Bush

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China's President Xi Jinping, left, enters for the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Heads of state from the world's leading economies were invited to the Group of 20 summit to discuss issues like development, infrastructure and investment, but those themes seem like afterthoughts, overshadowed by contentious matters from the U.S.-China trade dispute to the conflict over Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

The Latest: Trump considering 2-week US funding extension

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Senate sets July 28 National Day of the American Cowboy

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Attendees take advantage of a prayer tent to offer prayers at a daylong National Day of Prayer service at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, May 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

National Day of Prayer seeks to unify U.S., but some secular Americans see discord, division

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

A woman waves a Spanish flag while celebrating a holiday known as &quot;Dia de la Hispanidad&quot; or Spain's National Day in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. Spain's celebrates its national day amid one of the country's biggest crises ever as its powerful northeastern region of Catalonia threatens independence. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

The Latest: Military jet crashes in Spain, pilot killed

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Disabled veterans honored at National Day of Honor in D.C.

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

9/11 healing broadcast to air on In God We Trust website, Facebook page

By Tom Quimby — Special to The Washington Times