National Memorials 1 - 2018

I had noticed for some time that the memorial locations in a town or city were often spiritually dark or sad places. This is true even more for national memorials. This was a first foray into our nations memorials. The team was all friends from Shore Life Church in New Jersey.and we did it on the coldest day of the year.

U.S. Memorials 1 - 2018

We prayed to change the spiritual atmosphere at three of the nations memorials:

Arlington National Cemetery
Vietnam War Memorial
Martin Luther King Jr Memorial

And we sealed our prayers at David’s Tent DC.

Arlington National Cemetery near Tomb of the Unknowns

Arlington Cemetery is not generally thought of as a war memorial but it is. We prayed at this location to remember all military who have served our nation. It also happens to be where Richard’s father, Col Norman L Tittle is buried, a hundred feet away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We prayed for the lifting off of grief for many and reconciliation for many others.

United States Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Because of how difficult the Vietnam War was in the American psyche, this memorial has resulted in more emotions than any other memorial. We used this as a place to pray for our armed forces in all of its wars.

Dr Martin Luther King Jr Memorial

While this is not a war memorial, we find this to be one of the most important memorials for our nation. Dr King was the greatest leader in our history in the fighting of the war for racial and social justice in our nation. Just the quotations along that are posted on the memorial are among the most profound sayings outside the Bible. We prayed here that Jesus would get his way along with Dr King in the fight for justice.

David's Tent DC

This tent has been offering 24/7 worship on the National Mall since September 2015. It’s where we go before or after any prayer initiative in DC.