Show A proclamation dy by the governor of 0 the state of utah on july ath 1776 the declaration 0 of f independence was proclaimed to the world by an illustrious handful of liberty loving american patriots the spirit that issued this declaration years ago was taken across the sea a year ago by a handful of american soldiers the vanguard of a vast army of american patriots now lighting fighting in ill europe to preserve the independence that their forefathers proclaimed and to extend its blessings to all the nations of the world large and small strong and weak A year ago a few hundred american soldiers marched down the street of paris a sample of hundreds of thousands to follow a million american merican soldiers are stopping the advance of the enemies of civilization A year ago a few hundred sons of utah were in the army and navy in training for their part in the world struggle today thirteen thousand sons of utah are in tile the army and navy of the republic and many of them fighting on the fair fields of france have made the supreme sacrifice that american independence might live rivaling in zeal and patriotism the native sons of america many thousands born under other flags nave rallied to the defense of america in a manner that bears witness to the devotion that led them to seek freedom in this glorious country in tribute to the splendid spirit 0 of t sacrifice of these adopted sons of america the president of tile the united states has asked the government of tile the states of tile the union anton to dedicate independence day of 0 this year to the american patriots of for foreign reign birth in response to this request of 0 the president of the united states I 1 simon damberger bamberger governor of utah do hereby proclaim and set apart thursday july 4 1918 as loyalty day I 1 wish to impress upon the good people of the state of utah the importance of celebrating this day in keeping with the traditions of america and the dignity of tile the occasion I 1 therefore call upon all good goad citizens to ald aid in the celebrating ot of this day and cooperate with our foreign born citizens in making possible an open and public expression of loyalty to the american flag and to the cause of 0 humanity |