page_title: World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013 / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
context_page_description: The World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013 is a U.S. public law that directs the United States Secretary of the Interior to install at 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 United States on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day. As of July 2017, the memorial plaque remained under development.
context_section_description: The National World War II Memorial is a national memorial opened in 2004 that is dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of small triumphal arches surrounding a plaza and fountain, it is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on the former site of the Rainbow Pool at the eastern end of the Reflecting Pool, between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.
caption: Aerial view of National World War II Memorial
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