Category: Patriotic

Fourth Estate Award Entry, History, Patriotic, Presidents, Quizes

Trivia Quiz: U.S. Vice Presidents

This is a good time to test your knowledge of the vice presidency, which is receiving so much attention in the election campaign. Our quiz will begin with a question everyone should he able to answer. Q. What is unique about the 1984 vice presidential race? A. For the first time in history, a woman (Geraldine Ferraro)… Continue reading Trivia Quiz: U.S. Vice Presidents

Fourth Estate Award Entry, History, Patriotic, Presidents

Inspiring Words From Presidents

Presidential oratory has fascinated me during most of my adult life. Glued to the radio, I was enchanted as the silver-tongued 32nd president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, presented his “fireside chats” to rally hope during the Great Depression. Earlier, in his inaugural address, Roosevelt had called for courage in these ringing words: “The only thing we… Continue reading Inspiring Words From Presidents

Fourth Estate Award Entry, History, Holidays, Includes Story From Life of NLC, Journalism Award, Patriotic, Provo History

Salute to Freedom Fete Workers

“One cannot help coming away from the celebration uplifted, grateful for a free country… proud to be an American!” The smiling and energetic man who spoke these words was Steven R. Shallenberger, general chairman of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo. He, his top two aides Ben E. Lewis and Don T. Nelson, and over 500… Continue reading Salute to Freedom Fete Workers

Constitution, History, Holidays, Patriotic, Presidents

Reflections on Our Great Country

As we mark Independence Day 1984, let take a few minutes to reflect on what happened July 1, 1776 – also on some other dates and events significant in America’s birth of freedom. On the Fourth, the Continental (Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia. (The building in which the lawmakers sat received the… Continue reading Reflections on Our Great Country

Civic Responsibility, Fourth Estate Award Entry, History, Holidays, Patriotic

Flag Day, a Time to RecaII Creed

The annual 21-day “Honor America” period decreed by Congress between Flag Day and the Fourth of July is a good time to brush up on our historic documents, symbols and traditions. For starters, why not get better acquainted with “The American’s Creed”? The Creed’s significance isn’t in the class of the Constitution. Declaration of Independence or… Continue reading Flag Day, a Time to RecaII Creed

Fourth Estate Award Entry, History, Holidays, Patriotic, War

Paris Treaty Bicentennial Noted

It was a bicentennial that sparked little or no fanfare, but one certainly worthy of remembrance. We’re alluding to the 200th anniversary of the Jan. 14, 1784. ratification by Congress of the “final Treaty of Paris” which officially ended the Revolutionary War. Actually congressional endorsement was more or less a formality. But it had its place… Continue reading Paris Treaty Bicentennial Noted

Aviation, Biographical, Patriotic, Veterans, War

‘Tiny’ American Flags ‘Giant’ Support For POWs

By N. LA VERL CHRISTENSEN Scripps League Newspapers In their dark days as prisoners of war in Vietnam, four American Air Force and Navy officers – cellmates at the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” POW camp – decided to conduct a Sunday church service in the hope this would boost morale. Navy Pilot Mike McGrath of Delta,… Continue reading ‘Tiny’ American Flags ‘Giant’ Support For POWs