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Show r I - - i . L. ? . -:--x .... . 5 -.. J 1 j . - The State of Utah was honored Aug. 26-27 in the National Park Service's "Days of Honor" Bicentennial commemoration at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota. In special ceremonies Airman Steve Anderson, a native of Clearfield stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, SD. receives the Utah flag from Rushmore Supt. Harvey Wickware, right. The Days of Honor program recognizes each state and territory of the union for two days in special ceremonies at Mt. Rushmore. S.D. Tourism Photo Utah Honored at Rushmore The state of Utah was honored Aug. 26-27 at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota's Black Hills, as this national Bicentennial focal point presented its 1976 "Days of Honor" commemoration. commemor-ation. Airman Steve Anderson, a native of Clearfield, represented repre-sented Utah at the request of Gov. Calvin Rampton in special evening ceremonies Aug. 27. Anderson, currently stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City, S.D.', received the' Utah flag from Rushmore Supt. Harvey Wickware. In making the presentation, Wickware said, "This memorial's memor-ial's significance is as a symbol of the principles of the whole nation, and we are pleased to honor Utah for its contributions to this nation of states as our county celebrates its Bicentennial of Independence." Independ-ence." Utah's flag also flies in a special Avenue of Flags established at Rushmore for the Bicentennial. Mt. Rushmore is in the midst of its 111-day Days of Honor program, developed by the National Park Service to fulfill the memorial's role in the commemoration of Independence. Inde-pendence. The program began May 21 and continues through Sept. 8, with each state and principal territory in the nation receiving homage at the memorial. Mt. Rushmore, known as the Shrine of Democracy, was carved by Gutzon Borglum on a 6,000-foot-high granite mountain as a monumental summation of the American Republic. Borglum chose four Presidents (Washington, Jefferson, Jef-ferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Lincoln) to symbolize the growth of the United States. The portrait bust of each is 60 feet high. Rushmore received National Bicentennial designation from the American Revolution Bi-" centennial Commission in 1971. |