A resolution commemorating the 250th anniversary of the passage of the resolution of March 16, 1776, which declared May 17 as a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer.

Commemorates the 250th anniversary of the March 16, 1776 resolution declaring May 17 a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer. It reproduces the historical text and recalls its calls for people to acknowledge God’s providence, confess and repent, assemble for public worship, abstain from work, and pray for the nation’s leaders, the armed forces, public health and plenty, and the preservation and strengthening of the Union.