National Prayer Day Recognized By AP Community Leaders
Recognitions paid to fallen local firefighter and barbershop owner
A group of Asbury Park clergy, community leaders, and residents gathered around the flagpole at municipal headquarters to pay homage to the National Day of Prayer.
Created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, every president has signed a National Day of Prayer proclamation. In 1988 President Ronald Reagan designated the first Thursday of May as the day for national prayer.
Thursday’s noon event in the municipal parking lot included a host of city clergy and city officials administering prayers police, firefighters, first responders, and community helpers, as well as churchers, ministries, service members, families, educational administrators, and businesses.
“The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance that brings together people of all faiths to pray for our nation,” Mayor John Moor said. “…[It] provides an opportunity for personal repentance and unified prayer for our country and leaders.”
Special prayers of recognitions were paid to Asbury Park firefighter John Anastasia, 40, of Oakhurst, who died Monday and for local barbershop owner Earl ‘Everlasting’ Sanders, 54, who was gunned down Sunday along Route 18 in Colts Neck.
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