Services planned in Atlanta during National Day of Prayer
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Posted 8:23AM on Thursday, May 2, 2002
ATLANTA - Services are planned in Atlanta Thursday as part of the National Day of Prayer. <br>
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Organizers say Americans will be thinking of victims of the September eleventh terrorist attacks when they gather for services. <br>
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President George Washington issued a proclamation in 1795 setting aside a day of public thanksgiving. <br>
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In 1952, Congress established an annual day of prayer and in 1988 designated the day as the first Thursday in May. <br>
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Prayer services will be held at noon on the Washington Street steps of the state Capitol and at 6 p.m. in CNN Center in downtown Atlanta.
