My inclusion in Utah Honor Flight #45 last month gave me a chance to relive some of my service experiences with others who had gone through their own individual versions of military life. During the flight over, we had a “mail call” which simulated a military practice. There was a packet of correspondence for each veteran in a large […]
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Annie Barker, Deseret News
After a year hunkered down and without much reason to celebrate, Utahns gathered Monday to cheer, march and take in Independence Day celebrations.
The holiday weekend marked a return to something closer to normal after many of the state s popular parades were canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At Provo s Freedom Festival, colorful parade floats rolled down the street and Utah Valley University cheerleaders and other performers made their way along the route as onlookers applauded, many from under pop-up tents. Former Gov. Gary Herbert gave a thumbs up and his wife, Jeanette Herbert, a wave from a limousine-style Forde Model T as the parade s grand marshals.