The blessings of peace and freedom and the responsibility of Americans in preserving them are underlying themes of an address which has won recognition by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for N. La Verl Christensen of Provo.
Mr. Christensen, editor of The Daily Herald, was one of the Utah winners of the annual Freedoms Foundation awards announced Wednesday. He was notified he will receive the George Washington honor medal award, to be presented at a later date.
The Freedoms foundation at Valley Forge is a non profit, nonpolitical, and nonsectarian organization which, since its beginning in 1949, has sought to perpetuate the principles embodied in this country’s freedom documents.
Each year on Washington’s birthday the foundation recognizes individuals and organizations selected by an awards jury for their support of human dignity the American credo in entries submitted in various categories of endeavor.
Mr Christensen gave the 20-minute speech, cited by the Freedoms Foundation on Nov. 11, 1976 at the Eldred Center in Provo. The public program, sponsored by the Veterans Council of Provo, commemorated Veterans Day which grew out of Armistice Day of 1918 ending World War I on the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.”
A UPI dispatch published in Wednesday’s Herald carried the list of seven Utahns who won Freedoms Foundation awards, along with some of the winners elsewhere in the country.