[elpadre]

I never heard of this, and would like to have known. Was it publicized?

[DoodleDawg]

I never heard of this, and would like to have known. Was it publicized?

It's an annual event. Every president has done it every January 16 going back to Ronald Reagan, if not before.

[GG-1]

Its a regular thing - all the Presidents do it...not sure when the practice was established - but seems not new.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/01/15/presidential-proclamation-religious-freedom-day-2016-0