4th of July 2008
Posted in Holidays on 07/04/2008 08:10 pm by delangefamily
For the 4th of July we went down to Provo, Utah to the “Stadium of Fire.” Appearing there was talk show host Glenn Beck, the Blue Man Group, and Miley Cyrus. We thought the program started out wonderful and we were feeling a true united spirit in our country. Many soldiers and their families were there, and we heard some of their thoughts and stories.
It started with a prayer which I thought was great and to hear over 50,000 people say “Amen” to thanking our Heavenly Father for this great nation was awesome. Skydivers brought in parts of the flag, and as everyone unanimously sang our nations anthem, 3 very low jet fighters rumbled the seats as huge fireworks lit the sky red. We worked to hold in our tears at such a beautiful site. Unfortunately, we felt that was the climax of patriotism as the show went down hill from there.
We personally felt that Miley Cyrus (although nothing against her) brought the show down. As you can imagine, thousands of people there were not even concerned with what this day meant, but instead chanted “Miley, Miley” until she would finally come out. And after her little concert was over and fireworks began with remarks of the founders of our nations, our soldiers, and our blessings to live in such a wonderful country, people were already making their way out. We couldn’t even see the fireworks (as amazing as they were) most of the time, cause people were on the way to their cars with their “I love Hanna Montana” T-Shirts on. (Might I mention not in red, white, and blue.) Poor Destiny lost it and just began weeping at the pure ignorance of what our country is and what it stands for.
Although some left, we knew that many thousands of our fellow Americans stayed to celebrate the best nation in the world. Our nation, the great United States of America. We love this country. We love those who have died and suffered hardships for her sake. And we love those who continue to do it, day in and day out. God bless America.
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We went to Lake Powell last weekend and it was an absolute blast. Destiny and Tyler played a little to much the first day which left us pretty tired and exhausted the rest of the trip, but we still had plenty of fun.