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
Category: Holidays
Flag Day Support High in Area
Regrettably we will never know what colonial patriot stood before the Continental Congress June 14, 1777, and moved for adoption of a resolution: “that the flag of the 13 United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field…” Approval of the measure 207 years ago… Continue reading Flag Day Support High in Area
Remembering Heroes of D-Day
Let’s take a few minutes this week to reflect on D-Day. It was just 40 years ago on Wednesday – June 6, 1944 – that the great Allied invasion of the French Normandy coast took place, a vital step toward ending World War II the next year. This “greatest amphibious assault of all time” pierced… Continue reading Remembering Heroes of D-Day
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
Guardians of our peace and freedom
“Not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions … but …. there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.” We in America could well apply these words of tribute, uttered by Pericles 24 centuries ago, as we commemorate Memorial Day 1982 and reflect on… Continue reading Guardians of our peace and freedom
‘Shot Heard Round the World’
By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. These words by Ralph Waldo Emerson were part of a hymn sung July 4, 1837, at completion of the “Battle Monument” at Concord, Mass. They have significance… Continue reading ‘Shot Heard Round the World’
Christmas Day, 1977
A Merry Christmas indeed. Again this year, a truism has been proved – that the Christmas spirit returns, in spite of everything, to wield its magic on mankind. With so much hate and turmoil in the world, so much sickness and tragedy, so much human misery, it almost seems irrational that we harbor such general… Continue reading Christmas Day, 1977
Yule Charm Enhanced
Short comments and suggestions: A great deal of charm has been added to Provo’s downtown Christmas decorations by the lighting of the newly-installed trees at mid-Center street in front of the city center. * * * The motorists cruising along a busy street – such as Provo’s Center during rush-hour – can create quite a… Continue reading Yule Charm Enhanced
Public Clamor Pays Off
Public opinion still carries a lot of weight in this country – and the action of Congress and President Ford in ordering the observance of Veterans Day shifted back to Nov. 11 is a good example. In 1968 Congress made a number of holiday shifts in order to create more Monday holidays and “long holiday… Continue reading Public Clamor Pays Off
Memorial Day Rites Conducted
Cemeteries were banked with flowers today as Central Utahns joined in a Memorial Day observance that had its beginnings in America a century ago. As at Arlington and other national cemeteries, emphasis was given to honoring the men and women who served their country in war-time – especially the war dead. In some cemeteries veterans’ graves were decorated… Continue reading Memorial Day Rites Conducted