What Jefferson and Madison would have thought about ‘rededicating’ the US to God (opens in new tab)

Thousands of Americans prayed on the National Mall on May 17, 2026, during “Rededicate 250”: a day-long rally to “come together in prayer and worship ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday,” as organizers described it. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of many Republican politicians and conservative Christian leaders to speak, led a prayer to “rededicate the United States of America as one nation under God.”Planned by Freedom 250, a public-private partnership, the rally prompted criticism th...