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Show LETC CELEBRATE THE FOURTH Tomorrow, - Friday, . loyal -Americans of Bingham Canyon will join in the celebration of the birthday of Independence of the United States. For Americans, the 4th of July is an appropriate occasion to recall those priceless heritages that are the birthright of each American, guaranteed us in the Bill of Rights and other sections of the constitution. In a time of cosmic upheaval, it is both pleasant and profitable for us to pause and recall those early heroes who moulded history his-tory and whose struggles resulted result-ed in the formation of a great nation. The decendants, lineal or spiritual, of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, Theodore Roosevelt, John Paul Jones, Stonewall Jackson and the score of other national heroes, know that the devotion of one great holiday a year to the recollection recollec-tion of the founding of our nation na-tion and the de-dedication of ourselves to ideals of good citizenship, citi-zenship, is a priceless privilege. , Some skeptics say our attainment attain-ment of a high standard of living liv-ing and self-indulgence have softened our citizens until we no longer have the stamina to effectively ef-fectively defend ourselves. That should not be true of the decendants decen-dants of the early patriots, pioneers pio-neers and frontiersmen. The spirit of freedom is as undeniable undeni-able today and the will for self government as strong as in 1776. The Bingham Volunteer Firemen Fire-men are anticipating a record, high in the cooperation of fall residents in preparation of a 4th of July "holiday program. Its up to the rest of us not to disappoint the sponsors of the celebration with an indifferent response. It is also urged that the American flag be displayed during the holiday hol-iday observance. The obligations of citizenship are expected by many to become more stringent in the near future. Let us use the Fourth of July as a day in which to evaluate for ourselves the worth of our heritage her-itage as Americans. |