page_title: National Prayer Breakfast
hierarchical_section_title: National Prayer Breakfast
caption_attribution_description: English: Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the International Council for Christian Leadership in the Grand Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy addresses the audience from the podium beneath a large cross and the flags of different nations. (L-R) At table: two unidentified men; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; unidentified man; Reverend Billy Graham; co-chair of the prayer breakfast Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; ten unidentified men.
context_page_description: The National Prayer Breakfast is a yearly event held in Washington, D.C., usually on the first Thursday in February. The founder of this event was Abraham Vereide. The event—which is actually a series of meetings, luncheons, and dinners—has taken place since 1953 and has been held at least since the 1980s at the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue NW.
  The National Prayer Breakfast, held in the Hilton's International Ballroom, is yearly attended by some 3,500 guests, including international invitees from over 100 countries. It is hosted by members of the United States Congress and is organized on their behalf by The Fellowship Foundation, a Christian organization. It is designed to be a forum for the political, social, and business elite to assemble and pray together. Since the inception of the National Prayer Breakfast, several U.S. states and cities and other countries have established their own annual prayer breakfast events.
context_section_description: The National Prayer Breakfast is a yearly event held in Washington, D.C., usually on the first Thursday in February. The founder of this event was Abraham Vereide. The event—which is actually a series of meetings, luncheons, and dinners—has taken place since 1953 and has been held at least since the 1980s at the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue NW.
  The National Prayer Breakfast, held in the Hilton's International Ballroom, is yearly attended by some 3,500 guests, including international invitees from over 100 countries. It is hosted by members of the United States Congress and is organized on their behalf by The Fellowship Foundation, a Christian organization. It is designed to be a forum for the political, social, and business elite to assemble and pray together. Since the inception of the National Prayer Breakfast, several U.S. states and cities and other countries have established their own annual prayer breakfast events.
caption: President John F. Kennedy addresses the Prayer Breakfast in 1961.
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