Corpus Christi residents are invited to mark the National Day of Prayer on Thursday at noon at the Nueces County Courthouse Leopard Street Pavilion on Leopard Street.
The annual observance falls on the first Thursday of May each year. It dates to 1775, when the Continental Congress called for a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer. President Harry Truman signed it into federal law in 1952. President Ronald Reagan amended it in 1988, fixing it permanently to the first Thursday of May.
Reverend Henry Williams, who is part of the local observance, said this year’s event carries added significance as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary…