The daylong prayer event featured speakers from President Trump’s Cabinet and a program that drew connections between the nation’s founding and Christianity.
(Alex Kent | The New York Times) Attendees at Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving, in Washington on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall on Sunday for a daylong rally blending Christian prayer and political fervor, a gathering President Donald Trump had touted as an opportunity to “rededicate America as one nation under God.”