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Show I July the 4th: ?Tg Fathers j v hailed at service 1' i i ' . , '4 '' ' " i - ' ' - s'' ' ' i " -'--' r I ' . - . IK' ! . , , ' 1 ' f ! 5 f ; . ' , ; L S'.b.ri ?fA's'." :.'-v..v . -y- -.; .V-f'";v M t' Ikvi:''-'? ) I : v. W t , ; r ' '. 1 . - t " ' I v - i . -V ' 1 ; rr , . "j :'.'. V. ' Wv's . j ' V -- - ' : t- : v - : v 4 . ' A ; . ?v - - '.Hy-'- : , . rk j " ;AV: r t . , " , - ! t' K i 1 : ' I i I : ; ; ( ) f I . ' 1 : ...... t i i .' .iMKW-- f."5. ' . ' i v , . , '- T j It was March of 1775, a year before 1 the Declaration. The green hills of Virginia looked much as the Sreenery around Lindon and Pleasant Grove, said Joe Winther, WSMC Retired. Major Winther, a man with 24 S'Mrs in the Marine Corps who was a tank commander in Vietnam and the JK'Pient of 9 medals, was the totured speaker at the flag-raising wemony July 4 at Lindon Park. We are truly a good represen-n represen-n of what America really is," l Major said. Winther went on to extol the wage and vision of our Founding Whers quoting some of their own oras - words like those of Patrick " "17, who met in that Virginia embly j March of '75. "We have rationed, we have supplemented, 'e we prostrated ourselves before anil 1 ne'-if we are t0 be free.. .an m to arms and to God is all that eil-as for me, give me liberty or me death," said Henry. met talked of the visionary foreL hn Quincy Adams- Adams thal celebrations would colp 6 in the years anead 'nmemorating Independence Day yofdeliverance ft 'eacng the Major's remarks, kte , Boy Scout TroP No- 160 w the colors and as they 4tet0cheSky'FranPatton Shi 1 ,Star-sPangled Banner." . 'r ey Matthews led the crowd in ton T 0f Aegience. Then a Debbie rTng children- led san 'LLook and Helen Ashcroft kS 15 of Thee" "God Bless Wg'nf1?" ILoveMyLand-" cere Z !n ediction endin8 the "Wek! ' obert Matthews said, PurtanM 1,131 il is as e(lually im" lgain it maintain freedom as it is the issnp,'""3?5 more so because havea 3re more subtle- We, too, fftedom V l fight and the cause of leave iu maintain. May we not Thee" to others to do." Lindon Ve"1 Was sPnsored by the Vii ranch of tne Ulah Henrik3'0" of wmen. Lula acted as V ' 0 mcmbcr of tbat group, ninn 0Uncer during the earlv-n? earlv-n? event. JAMES CARTER, left, and Kill Walker of Lindon Troop 160 salute as they raise the flag in honor of the nation's birthday. |