Subj: ADD F.D.R.'S PRAYER TO THE W.W.II MEMORIAL WITH H.R. 2070. DEFEND PRAYER BY VETERANS AND TEACHERS. Pass H.R. 2848 and S.Res.18. Dear [Senator/Rep] [Last Name]: We the undersigned respectfully petition you to please PASS and COSPONSOR H.R. 2070 and add the prayer by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the World War II Memorial. It honors the spirit of our nation's sacrifice to display the actual history of his prayer. Invoking the name of “Almighty God”, Roosevelt prayed for the troops, for his country and for victory. He prayed for the men injured or lost in the war, for their families and for their courage to stand. Congressman Bill Johnson says adding this inscription would "install in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the Nation on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day." We also petition you to CO-SPONSOR and PASS two important bills that protect religious freedom and public prayer by Veterans and Teachers, House Bill H.R. 2848, the Veterans' Religious Freedom Act, and S. Res. 18 a resolution expressing support for optional public prayer at school board meetings. House Bill H.R. 2848 provides that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 1) prescribe regulations to censor or otherwise limit the type of religious speech that may be performed by a member of a veterans service organization at the funeral or memorial service of a veteran: or 2) censor or otherwise limit type of religious speech of a private speakers who have been invited to speak on property of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This bill protects the First Amendment rights of veterans, families, and pastors to pray publicly to God, even if they pray "in Jesus name" on public land, which rights have recently been attacked by government administrators overseeing V.A. hospitals and cemeteries. S. Res. 18 resolves that the Senate 1) recognizes that prayer before school board meetings is a protected act in accordance with the fundamental principles upon which the Nation was founded; and 2) expresses support for the optional practice of prayer at the beginning of school board meetings. In 1983, the U.S. Supreme Court held in the case of Marsh v. Chambers that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society, and is fully Constitutional, but lately has been discouraged. The Supreme Court wrote: "To invoke divine guidance on a public body entrusted with making the laws is not a violation of the Establishment Clause, but rather is simply an acknowledgement of beliefs widely held among the American people." We call on Congress and pass all three bills: H.R. 2070, S.Res. 18, and H.R. 2848, to honor religious freedom of our veterans and teachers. Sincerely, [YOUR NAME] [ADDRESS] [CITY], [STATE] [ZIP]