Why I Am A Patriot
This post is a little bit late for the Independence Day holiday, but here in Utah, the bigger event is July 24th: Pioneer Day. This holiday celebrates the arrival of Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, which of course began the experiment in society that we call American Zion.
Even though we just celebrated our bountiful patriotism less than three weeks ago with fireworks, watermelon, and parades, more celebration is scheduled for the upcoming long weekend. So in the (albeit somewhat localized) patriotic spirit, here’s a statement on American culture that we can all appreciate, courtesy of Bill and Max from the Big River Show, a website documenting their travels down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans this summer. They’re currently near St. Louis and debating whether to continue down the Mighty Miss or take an alternate route down the Tenn-Tom Waterway to Mobile on the Gulf Coast. Check it out via this link (because I’m having problems embedding the Revver vid into this blog)…
Now that’s a Declaration of Patriotism that I can really get behind! Especially the bit about Hemingway. The guy was a real scrapper.
I just saw on your Flickr page that you took the picture that you use here on your blog heading. It’s really cool! I was planning to come to the Aug. 6 board meeting but I have to work… I’m now an Associate Librarian at the Logan Library and loving it! Hope to see you at the meeting after this one.