Guatemalan Foundation: CHAPTER 5 BIRTH of NATION- PATRIOTISM CELEBRATED In GROVE CANYON & THE FOOTHILLS of TIMPANOGOS

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In Grove Creek Canyon, Pleasant Grove, UTAH

A MOST

UNIQUE INDEPENDANCE DAY

CELEBRATION

...the area of the book

THE DIVINE VISIONS of NATURE FROM the FOOTHILLS of TIMPANOGOS

each July 4th-6th

This wonderful organization sponsors the celebration......

They first go to work stretching a cable acrossed the canyon....actually using a drone..... which I will make sure and photograph in 2025 and insert the pictures here....

And on the other side of the canyon

and hang OLD GLORY!

Thousands come to hike the canyon and

CELEBRATE the BIRTH of FREEDOM......

....and as they do so they remember the 56 patriots who were willing to sign the

DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE

and risk much more than we can imagine!

From Wikipedia (photo of painting enhanced slightly by me, Cordell M. Andersen)

American artist John Trumbull’s oil-on-canvas painting, “Declaration of Independence,” measures 12-by-18-feet. It depicts the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life, and visited Independence Hall to depict the chamber where the Second Continental Congress met. The oil-on-canvas work was commissioned in 1817, purchased in 1819, and placed in the United States Capitol rotunda in 1826.

”Declaration of Independence” by John Trumbull

By signing the document, the 56 men risked high treason against the King of England. In essence, they signed their death warrants because that was the penalty. However, death was not simple or quick. It was a process. First, the guilty party was to be hanged until unconscious. Then cut down and revived. Then disembowled and beheaded. Then cut in quarters. Each quarter was to be boiled in oil. The remnants were scattered abroad so the last resting place of the offender would remain forever unnamed, unhonored and unknown.

In addition to death, all of the offender’s earthly goods were confiscated by the state. The family could own no property and this dictate extended to future heirs. In the words of Shakespeare, “For the sins of your fathers, you, though guiltless, must suffer.”

So on this Fourth of July as you celebrate the holiday with hot dogs, hamburgers and fireworks, remember those who

“pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."

Remembering the

BIRTH OF OUR WONDERFUL NATION.

I hope to live long enough to see this beautiful young lady play on the BYU women's basketball or volleyball teams!

On July 6th ....early....many gathered for the 5 K race.

The medals for those finishing the race were ready, along with prizes for the winners in a number of categories.

Many were warming up, a couple below dancing to get ready.

Singing THE NATIONAL ANTEM!

GET READY.....GET SET....

....GO!

HERE COME THE WINNERS!

THE EVENT IS FINISHED....EXCEPT FOR THE CHORE a day or so later OF TAKING THE FLAG DOWN SO THEY COULD MOVE ON.

I made sure I was there and got the following set of photos showing how they did it......including getting in the middle of the action with my fish-eye lens and just about got swept into the revine!