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In reply to the discussion: My 90 year old parents said they never had prayer in their schools [View all]Yonnie3
(17,584 posts)9. No scheduled prayers
In the mid 50s through mid 60s in Tidewater Virginia.
I do recall prayers being read at some assemblies and them being blended with with anticommunist and patriotic rhetoric.
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My 90 year old parents said they never had prayer in their schools [View all]
Quixote1818
Feb 2018
OP
That pre-game prayer before football only was the only thing I remember from the 70's
brewens
Feb 2018
#12
The push to get prayer OUT of the public schools began with the archbishop of New York who
Squinch
Feb 2018
#14
"Dagger John" Hughes. Fought to remove biblical teachings, biblical readings, and
Squinch
Feb 2018
#19
The only religious invocation I remember during high school was Mrs. Dyer's AP English class.
LanternWaste
Feb 2018
#15
Depends of if the John Birchers/Knights of Colombus were running the county/school district.
haele
Feb 2018
#25
In Massachusetts, in the 50's we said the Lord's Prayer right after the pledge...
annabanana
Feb 2018
#26
I specifically remember in elementary school we said the Pledge and sang My Country Tis of Thee
Zen Democrat
Feb 2018
#28