Freedom of Worship is the second of the Four Freedoms oil paintings produced by the American artist Norman Rockwell. They represent the freedoms outlined by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his State of the Union Address on January 6, 1941, including the "freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world." Freedom of Worship shows the profiles of eight people of different faiths in a moment of prayer. Rockwell considered this painting and Freedom of Speech more successful than the other two paintings in the series, Freedom from Want and Freedom from Fear. Freedom of Worship appeared on February 27, 1943, in The Saturday Evening Post alongside an essay on religious freedom by philosopher Will Durant. All four images were widely distributed on posters in support of the War Bond drive. Text supporting the four freedoms was later incorporated into the Allies' World War II policy statement, the Atlantic Charter, and the charter of the United Nations.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1066:

Harold Godwinson, widely regarded as the last Anglo-Saxon king before the Norman conquest, was crowned King of England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson

1322:

Having defeated his half-brother Stephen Constantine in battle, Stefan Dečanski (fresco pictured) was crowned King of Serbia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_De%C4%8Danski

1839:

The most damaging storm in 300 years swept across Ireland, with 100-knot winds damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Big_Wind

1912:

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presented his theory of continental drift. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_drift

1993:

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) units killed 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopore_massacre

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

myrrhic: Of, related to, or derived from myrrh. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/myrrhic

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

It must be obvious... that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.   --Alan Watts https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alan_Watts