President Trump: On that momentous day in 1776, history changed forever when our founders proclaimed the immortal truth that echoed around the world, and down all the way through time; they declared that all of us are made free and equal by the hand of Our Creator. That we are endowed with our sacred rights to life, liberty, and not by government, but by God Almighty himself. And those words rang out from Philadelphia and launched a revolution, not just in America, but in the hearts of all humanity. The principals of the Declaration Of Independence, they've stirred the spirit of patriots in every nation, liberated millions from tyranny, and lifted billions from poverty.

President Trump: You have to have religion. You have to have it. You have to have Faith. You have to have God. And thankfully, as we gather today, there are many signs that religion is coming back, and now it's no longer signs. It's coming back. It's coming back so strong.

President Trump: In 2025, more copies of the Holy Bible were sold in the United States, than at any time in the last one hundred years.

President Trump: In the last twelve months, young Americans attended church at nearly twice the rate as they did four years ago. Some churches are seeing a thirty percent, fifty percent, or even seventy percent increase in the number of converts, and also, the number of people going to church every week. To support the exciting renewal, this morning I'm pleased to announce that on May 17, 2026, that we're inviting Americans from all across the country to come together on our National Mall to pray, to give thanks.

President Trump: Under the Trump administration, we're standing strongly behind Americans of faith, stopping the attacks on our values, our traditions, defending religious liberty. We got rid of the sinister Johnson Amendment, so that pastors can speak the truth, and they can speak it without having their tax-exempt status revoked.

President Trump: We reinstated, also, servicemembers who were thrown out of our military over religions objections. That was a big deal. Over religious objections to vaccine mandates, and all of the other things. They used any excuse they could. We restored those patriots to their former ranks with full pay. We're given them full pay. They were taken advantage of. And I really think it was over religion. I actually think that they used the vaccines as a way of, really punishing people over religion.

President Trump: And today I'm also pleased to announce that the Department of Education is officially issuing it's new guidance to protect the right to prayer in our public schools. That's a big deal. Now the democrats will sue us, but we'll win it.