Credit for Photos Above and Below: amazon.com (not aff link)
Today’s Celebrate America 250 idea is to use the above book every day. That’s because it has daily readings related to America. I found this at the Provo Deseret Industries thrift store for only $2 last fall. I am thoroughly enjoying it! It has one page for every day of the year. First there’s a paragraph explaining a major event that happened that day, then it has a list of other events that happened on that day in America. We use it for the beginning of our Morning Basket every day, as part of homeschooling, even in the summer. Go here if you want to learn more about Morning Basket time. This book is suitable for ages 12 and up, so I wouldn’t use it for Morning Basket with little children.
You could also use it for dinnertime sharing/discussion.
Want more America 250 celebratory ideas? Go here. It’s OK to celebrate all year long!
My Idea #16 for celebrating America 250 is to watch the new movie Young Washington, which just came out last Friday July 3. I viewed it on July 4, 2026, on America’s exact 250th birthday. What a fabulous way to celebrate America 250! I got to see the story of the “Bulletproof George Washington,” which I’ve been sharing repeatedly with my children through my 30 years of homeschooling, come alive!
I highly recommend the movie! It covers the time period from when George Washington is age 11 until he’s in his early 20s, in 1755. We see George growing up after grieving the death of his father, helping his mother on the farm, being blessed by the mentorship of his older brother Lawrence, and coming of age while mastering the trade of surveying. He grapples with the fact that he has a lower social status than he would like.
He gains a classical education despite never going to formal school (hooray for homeschooling!) by reading classics recommended to him by his brother and Lord Fairfax. We see him falling in love with Sally Cary, who ends up becoming, spoiler alert!…Sally Fairfax (not a true spoiler really since we all know that George married Martha).
The best part of the movie is when George shows courage and selflessness in his leadership during the French and Indian War. First of all, he fights in the war despite being ill from dysentery. Then, under a showering of bullets, he risks his life to find the surviving Virginia regiment and bring them to safety during the Battle of Monongahela. He rallies them to form a rear guard which allows them to retreat safely. I suspect that it was through this de facto leadership of that battle that he earned the trust and admiration of so many people, which prepared him to gain the role as General of the Continental Army for the Revolutionary War. He was an aide de camp at the time, and not a commander, yet he rose to the occasion. He survived this battle miraculously, after having two horses shot out from under him, four bullet holes through his coat, and one in his hat. God was watching over him! We see the Native Americans involved in the battle talk to him and tell him that they felt the Great Spirit protected him.
I enjoyed the cast of characters, the acting, the costumes, the pacing, the cinematography, everything about it. I didn’t want it to end! William Franklyn-Miller plays a handsome and likable young George Washington. (Could that be just the one drawback of the movie, that Franklyn-Miller is better-looking than George ever was?) Kelsey Grammar does a swell job of playing Lord Thomas Fairfax, Mia Rodgers plays a charming Sally Cary Fairfax, Mary Louise-Parker shows a devoted Mary Ball Washington, and Ben Kingsley has a convincing accent as Lord Dinwiddie. I love that even with the brief scenes of Mary Ball Washington with her son George, we see the power of mother mentoring. When George is discouraged after having to surrender in the battle at Fort Necessity, as then hearing that Lawrence has died, we see Mary tell him to trust in God, acknowledge that God is protecting him, and learn from his failures.
The violence portrayed is enough to show you how brutal war is. None of the violence shown is gratuitous. I’ve read comments online saying that a lot of the battle scenes were created by AI. I couldn’t tell, as I am not that astute of a viewer. I don’t know if they were or not, but if they were, they did not distract me as looking fake.
If you want an inspiring movie about the Father of America, go see it! You will not be disappointed. It definitely brings history to life in a beautiful way! It’s just such a gift from God that every American can look to such a great man as George Washington as the Father of Our Country. He wasn’t perfect, but he didn’t give up, he was courageous, he believed in God, he was kind, and he was good. He did not let power get to his head. He could have been king of America, after gaining so much popularity, but he declined. He was protected by God so that he could be our first president. This movie, more than anything, will help you see that. I give it 5 out of 5 stars! I look forward to the sequel, which I hear is in the works. Will it be called General George Washington? That’s my bet, and then hopefully we’ll have a third movie to make a trilogy, called President Washington. Hey, maybe we can have a fourth, called Farmer Washington, to make a quartet!
It’s definitely worth watching on the big screen! Go here to see how you can see the movie with a special deal called the Angel Guild Membership. (This is not a sponsored post, I just like what Angel Studios is doing and want others to support them too.)
Now for some bonus material:
Watch below to see how a native German, Diederick Hoogstraten, was inspired by Alex P. Keaton’s character on the TV show Family Ties to become fascinated by American history and Ronald Reagan’s conservatism. This fascination brought him to the point of being a co-writer for Young Washington. Thank you Diederick for helping to write the movie!
This video shows a historian roundtable reacting to the movie.
This one shows one historian telling us what parts of the movie are historically accurate and what isn’t.
Then this one is fun behind the scenes summary.
Then here are two of the stars talking about the movie.
Today’s Celebrate America 250 idea is to get this fun book full of American trivia and share the questions over mealtime, in the car, really anywhere. I was blessed to find this a few years ago when thrifting for $3. Steep for a thrift store book, but totally worth it to me!
I love that it has so many categories such as:
-For the Record
-Entertainment
-Music
-Sights to See
-Memorials
-Decades
-Spirituality and Religion
-America month by month
I also love, love, love that it has the answers to the questions on the very next page after the questions. No cumbersome turning to the back of the book to find them. All trivia books should be like this!
So if you want a fun trivia book about America, get this one. You’ll learn a lot about the history and culture of our fabulous America. Keep it by your dinner table and pull it out for some learning and fun.
Want more Celebrate America 250 ideas? This is a big enough birthday to celebrate all year round! Go here!
Here’s my recap of my Independence Day holiday. I spread it over several days. I didn’t do everything I usually do but that’s OK.
My celebration actually started weeks ago when I started sharing Celebrate America 250 ideas. Go here to see them.
I’ve also been enjoying reading patriotic picture books for our summer Morning Basket. I also stepped up my personal patriotic reading with the Red, White and June Readathon. I completed the challenge and entered the giveway for an amazon gift card worth $76. I read books that fit under the categories below. A book could count for more than one category.
I read the following books…
The Felicity books were for the Fiction category.
Then for Nonfiction I read this one above.
For Secrets or Spies I read about James LaFayette.
Then Patriots or Loyalists I read this one above.
Then for Quill and Parchment, Faith That Endures, and Courage in Petticoats I read another book about Abigail, this one below.
I enjoyed them all but have mixed feelings about the Felicity books, because of her disobedience to her parents. I got them for my daughters years ago but never read them myself until now. When I say “read” I mean listen to the books in audiobook format. That’s how I “read” all of them. My favorite was The Unexpected Abigail Adams. I enjoyed seeing how much she relied on her faith in God. She was such a good support to John and a true hero of the Revolutionary War, even though she didn’t fight in the battles.
In the middle of June, I delighted in decorating for the holiday with my patriotic chapter and picture books. I have some on a bookshelf in my dining room/homeschool room, and the rest on ledges above my window and doorways. (You may wonder about the Socialist Bathroom Reader book. It’s written by Paul Skousen, son of Cleon Skousen. Read the reviews here.)
The only problem is that sometimes I want to actually read the books (imagine that!) for Morning Basket so I have to pull a chair over to stand on to reach the books off the ledges where they are sitting, then remember to put them back. That’s the small price I pay for being able to have space to spread out my books decoratively.
I attended the Freedom Festival Patriotic Service on Sunday June 28 2026, in the BYU Marriott Center. I missed it last year. I’m so grateful I got to go this year.
I’ve been on an Osmond binge lately, so it was fun for me to see Alan Osmond’s wife, Suzanne Pinegar Osmond, sitting on the stand. She gave the invocation.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband, an apostle of Jesus Christ, gave the main speech. It was wonderful. It was a classic retelling of the story that the Revolutionary War paved the way for the restoration of the church of Jesus Christ. I hope whoever is in charge publishes it online so all can read/hear it.
He quoted President Dallin H. Oaks. See the quote below. It’s a great reminder that belief in God helps people be good, and being good is what maintains liberty and a safe society.
I enjoyed seeing the red, white and blue outfits of the attendees.
The Wednesday after the service, I had an outing with daughters and grandsons at a local nursery to buy some houseplants. It was so fun to see the Americana decor and gifts for sale, which I wasn’t expecting, since it is a nursery. The store featured this cute cart in the middle of the seeds and gardening supplies.
It was all super expensive, so we didn’t buy any. It’s fun to see possibilities and maybe save up to buy some of these next year.
I’m especially enamored with the watercolor book about America. It’s on and on my wishlist!
Saturday was the big day! Some of us went to the parade. I went and passed out literature promoting America’s liberty with some of my friends. This was definitely a sacrifice to me as I don’t enjoy waking up at 5:45 AM on a Saturday. My 16 year-old son marched in the local high school marching band. Even though we homeschool, he does participate in this activity. It has been fun to see him enjoy making music with a team of people.
After the parade we had lunch and then went to see the new movie Young Washington for a matinee showing. It did not disappoint! I thoroughly enjoyed it! I’ll be reviewing it soon! it brings the Bulletproof Washington story I’ve heard all my homeschooling mama career to life. It’s so marvelous!
Then we had a BBQ at my daughter and son-in-law’s home. My son-in-law has a Traeger grill and loves to use it! We had chicken thighs, chicken wings with two different kinds of seasonings, ribs, and burgers, most of which was smoked in the Traeger grill/smoker. A carnivore’s delight! My ten month old grandson enjoyed gnawing on the rib bones after his mom ate the flesh. We also had watermelon and salad and chips. My married daughter also prepared this pretty layered trifle dessert below.
I was being strict on my keto diet and did not partake. It looked yummy though!
While we ate, I asked a few trivia questions from the card deck below. I’ve also been pulling it at dinnertime for the previous month of June to ask my husband and son questions.
I bought these two little board books below in June from the BYU Store. They were both on sale, for $3 and $4 each. (The store has some wonderful bargain books in the basement, just look on the north wall under the red signs that say “Bargain.” You will find some great deals!) They are fabulous, simple stories of Independence Day and the national anthem. I read them both aloud to my grandsons while we were waiting for the food to be ready. It was so delightful to see them both wide-eyed, taking it all in. I love teaching young children for that reason. Everything is new!
We answered some questions from my All-American Trivial Pursuit game that I brought and then came home. My son and husband watched fireworks (separately: my son with his friends outside the Stadium of Fire while my husband was working inside the stadium) and I got to go home and relax. I blogged about my June 2026 thrift haul. It feels so good to just be home on my couch blogging, after I’ve put in a hard day of work and play, even better than watching fireworks.
Then the next day, after church, we had a lovely potluck gathering in our neighborhood. This was part of the America 250 neighborhood potluck initiative that I blogged about over here. This was extra fun for me because it was held at the home that we moved out of two years ago when we were forced to move because our landlords decided to sell the home we were renting. It is two blocks away from where we now live.
It was the happening place for blocks around! I’d guess 100 or more people were there! A live band performed. Here’s where I will vent just a bit. Why is that event organizers think that it’s fun to have a band that is so loud that it’s hard for the attendees to have a normal conversation? This wasn’t billed as a concert. We weren’t there to solely listen to performers. We were supposed to be able to chat with our neighbors while we ate food. So here’s a plea, if you ever have a band at a party or dance, please, pretty please, lower the volume of the band so people don’t have to strain their voices to hear each other over the music.
OK, I’m done venting. My across-the-street neighbor, Paula, was there. She was so super friendly in calling out to me as soon as she she saw me walk up the sidewalk, inviting us to join her husband and her after we got our food. I felt very loved by that gesture.
We ended up talking for at least an hour, over the blaring music. She shared some amazing, beautiful stories of miracles in her life. I felt so blessed to be able to talk to her. She bolstered my faith in Jesus Christ. I aspire to be like her and watch out for people and invite them to sit by me.
So that was a tender mercy. Another one was that the owners of the home came over and talked to us and invited my husband and me to tour the home, along with Paula and her husband (long story). I felt so blessed by this! Ever since we moved, I have seen them remodeling and wondered what it looked like now.
They even decorated the mailbox for the party!
It’s a funny house that has been added on to already, and has a weird configuration, not to mention the loft-type bedrooms upstairs that are crammed in there with a sloping ceiling. My sister-in-law calls it the Dr. Seuss house. So we got to tour the home and marvel at all they have done. It was cute before, but now both the exterior and interior are stunning!
I just loved all the decorations they had up for the potluck, including the charming quilts that provided a backdrop to the dessert table. So, so fun!
I was bummed that I didn’t get a picture of the two flag cakes before they got eaten. I was pleased with myself that I didn’t eat any and stayed strict to my keto diet.
That’s it! I hope we all recognize that the Declaration of Independence includes a Declaration of Dependence on God, as the source of our inalienable rights. If government gives us rights, then government can take them away, which is a dangerous place to be. I’m so grateful for the Founding Fathers creating a government based on belief in a Creator who grants us our rights, and that government is to be limited with checks and balances. That’s the Spirit of ’76. May we each embody it with our faith, our work, and our votes! Happy Birthday America 250!
One of my neighbors has this plaque on the front of her house. I enjoy seeing it every time I walk by!
Signing of the U.S. Constitution by Howard Chandler Christy, in the public domain
Happy Day after Independence Day! Yesterday, we saw the new movie Young Washington. It was so good! I didn’t want it to end. I felt the Holy Spirit confirm to me as I watched the movie that George Washington truly was a man that God raised up to do what he did. God gave him experiences to shape him to become the selfless and magnanimous leader that he was as the Father of America, the first president of the U.S. I’ll be doing a full review of the movie soon, so stay tuned! I highly recommend it as a movie for ages 13 and up. (The violence shown in the movie of the French and Indian War makes it unsuitable for young children.)
July 4, 2026 may be over, but I’m celebrating America’s sesquicentennial all year long. As such, I’m continuing with my series of ideas to Celebrate America 250, until I blog 250 ideas.
Idea #14 is to read the article called “Wise Men Raised Up” by LeGrand Baker and Frank W. Fox. Go here to read it. It is about the signers of the U.S. Constitution, which includes George Washington. The Declaration of Independence, which we celebrated yesterday, paved the way for the founding of a new government, as set forth in the U.S. Constitution.
Here are the first two paragraphs of the article:
In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord said that he had “raised up … wise men” for the “very purpose” of writing the Constitution of the United States. (D&C 101:80.) President George Albert Smith added, “I am saying to you that to me the Constitution of the United States of America is just as much from my Heavenly Father as the Ten Commandments.” (Conference Report, April 1948, p. 182.) President Wilford Woodruff, seventy-eight years ago, reported that a tithe of those “wise men,” those who had also signed the Declaration of Independence, appeared in the St. George Temple with George Washington at their head, and “demanded” temple ordinances. (Conference Report, April 10, 1898, pp. 89–90.)
Who were the men who wrote the Constitution? What personal characteristics qualified them for the task of creating a document which the Lord says he “established”? (D&C 101:80.)
Here are some traits of these wise men raised up. The bullet points below are copied and pasted from the article:
-“The framers of the Constitution were mostly young men, aggressive and energetic.“
-“The Founding Fathers were well educated.“
-“The Convention delegates were natural leaders.“
-“The Convention delegates had few illusions about human nature.“
-“The Founding Fathers were men of vision and hope.“
-“The Framers were religious men—in their own way. But we must be careful about making them religious in ways they were not.”
One of these men was George Washington. I have full confidence the God indeed raised him up to be there at the Constitutional Convention, so people would trust this new government being formed. He had earned trust as a leader because of the way he turned down power after gaining popularity as the general of the army during the Revolutionary War.
I agree with the conclusion of the article, that the establishment of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights prepared the way for the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I hope and pray we can be as wise as these men, and as wary of human nature and the tendency for power to corrupt. I hope and pray we can be defenders of the principle of the importance of limited government with checks and balances, which the Founders put in the Constitution. I hope and pray we will each study the Constitution. Then only elect leaders who vote Constitutionally and kick out those politicians who don’t. Go to the freedomindex.us so you know how they are voting, and vote for them accordingly. You can look up both your state legislators and your Congresspeople. Doing so is one way you can protect the liberty that we celebrate on Independence Day.
Want more Celebrate America 250 ideas? Go here. Celebrate all year long!
Happy Birthday America! 250 years of independence are being celebrated today! One way to stay independent is to save money, and one way to save money is to buy things used instead of new, at thrift stores. You can buy something brand new, like a mop, and pay $30. Or you can go thrifting, and find one for $5, and buy a few books and clothes or other things that you will use and enjoy, and pay $25, and still save. Just remember to only buy things that you will use/enjoy and have a place to store them, and never go into debt to go thrifting.
So, oh yeah, let’s talk thrifting! It’s been over a whole month since I last mentioned thrifting, I’ve been so focused on sharing Celebrate America 150 ideas here on my blog.
The photos in this post show what I got at thrift stores for the month of June 2026. I did two long trips, both times at the same place, then a really short trip at a different store, where I limited myself to ten minutes and didn’t look beyond appliances, books, and games, to make it a short trip.
Above was my first visit of the month to any thrift store. I went to the Provo Deseret Industries (DI). I think the total was around $16. I got a gold polka dot top, some books, and a fun little container thing with handles. If I still had lots of children at home, I would use it contain snacks for picnics. I’m probably going to use it to for crafting, for our Cousins’ Craft Day in the fall. It looks perfect for holding little bits and bobs. I got the Texas board book to give to my Texas grandchildren for Christmas, as they are ages 2 and 0. The Charlie Brown Christmas is to add to my Christmas picture book collection, or I might give it away. The Brave book is a Little Golden Book for my LGB collection, some of which is shown below. I keep these books on a low shelf so my grandchildren can pull them out when visiting. I don’t buy just any LGB I see at thrift stores. I look for the more classic-themed ones and ones about manners, holidays, seasons, Jesus, and hero journeys.
The George Washington book is for my patriotic picture book and chapter book collection, as shown here. The book with the image of the Savior on the cover is the one below. I’ve heard about it years ago from my Veggie Gals girlfriends. It just seems like a great book to have on hand for anyone in my family to learn from, including me. Or I might save it for my Veggie Gal Jolabokkaflod in January. The author wrote it as a combination of Book of Mormon principles with AA’s 12 step recovery program to overcome addiction. Her website is here. Perhaps the author used these truths to overcome a carb addiction? Her story about eating carbs is here. She’s a kindred spirit for sure.
The Book of Mormon Summer looked fun and inspiring. I want to read aloud a little bit of it every night to my husband and 16 year old son after we do scripture reading before bed. The author, Joy Saunders Lundberg, is Janice Kapp Perry’s cousin. Janice is one of my favorite composers. I discovered a bonus in the book after I got home: at the end of the book there’s a song about the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Joy wrote the words and Janice wrote the music. I’m excited to enlarge the music into copies that I put into one of my sheet music binders.
At the beginning of the year our bishop gave us a copy of the Book of Mormon with the invitation to give it away. Maybe this book will inspire us more to do that. The whole book is a story about a family doing missionary work with the Book of Mormon. My 16-year-old son did missionary work with the local missionaries last Saturday and gave one away digitally, using the app. I’ve been wondering if that can count? Probably not, LOL. I think we’ll take the hard copy over to the same person if the missionaries haven’t already.
I also got these books above for my husband for Father’s Day on that same trip. A spiritual, serious book by a prophet of God, President Dallin H. Oaks, and a funny book. Then our children and I pooled our money and got him an Angel Guild membership.
Then I went back a second time to the Provo DI, about two weeks later, and got everything below for $18.
The above photo shows the goods from my second trip. I got more fun books, including one by the Pickerings! That’s Rhonda and Farrell Pickering of propheticappointments.com. The photo above shows a glare on the book, so here it is below. I have blogged about the Pickerings’ last days timelines, many times; go here to see on of those posts. The Keepsake Christmas Stories book has all the stories from the Tabernacle Choir Christmas concerts. I may give it away to one of the sisters I minister to come Christmas time, as it looks like new. The other book is a little book full of Disneyland facts.
Then I got a turquoise/teal shirt. How fun that it matches the bowls. I will be cutting a V-neck out of the scoop neck and making the sleeves a bit shorter to make the T-shirt more femininely flattering and not so hot for summer. I also got some Lincoln Logs for only $2 to add to my collection that I’ve acquired since my oldest was 4. We’ve got a big plastic bin full of them that the grandchildren play with now. This new box will add some fun new pieces, especially with the dog and the guy.
The Lincoln Logs were brand new, with the logs and the figures of the dog and guy still in sealed plastic bags. The guy looks like Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett, two of my favorite American heroes.
Finally, some gorgeous bowls!
The bowls are Geoff Tygert brand. I looked them up and they often sell used on ebay/FB marketplace for about $50 for a set of four. I got them for $2 each! What an amazing find! They are in pristine condition! I absolutely love the teal color and the patterns. Now I have some pretty serving bowls instead of just the stainless steel and glass Pyrex bowls that I have been using for my 30+ years of homemaking. I will use them for my Jane Austen party next year and for Thanksgiving. They look like Pioneer Woman but they aren’t. Here they are below, in their own solitary glory, the top view and the bottom view. I love that the bottom view has a different pattern from the top view. (Ignore the scratches on my table in the bottom left corner. This is a very well-loved table that I keep in our game room/office.)
So those photos show the two big trips to DI in June. I had really hoped to find a slow cooker with a lid to replace my Pioneer Woman slow cooker’s lid. I did find some slow cookers on my thrifting trips in June, but none that had the lid with hooks. I really wanted to keep my PW slow cooker bottom part because of the beautiful flower pattern, and just replace the lid. I finally gave up looking at thrift stores for a lid, and ordered a replacement lid online. It took me weeks to find one because I kept doing a search for “crock pot” instead of “slow cooker” with the model number. It turns out that my thing is Hamilton Beach brand slow cooker, not crock pot brand made by Rival. Once I finally looked in the right place, I found a replacement lid easily. So lesson learned: know the exact brand name and don’t just assume you know when looking for replacement parts.
I saved the turquoise blue handle from the shattered lid in hopes I could swap it out with the white handle on the new lid. My husband says he can’t do it with the tools he has. My hope springs eternal that I’ll somehow find someone who has the tools he can borrow to do it.
Ok back to thrifting. My last thrifting trip of June was to the Orem UT Savers for a quick trip to see if I could find a hand mixer. Someone in my family, who I shall let remain nameless, decided to foolishly try my hand mixer on a jar of natural peanut butter to mix in the oil and broke it. Ugh. If only I had been there to tell this person to not even think of such a thing. Peanut butter is way too thick for a poor little hand mixer. So now I’m in the market for a new one. I found three at the previous DI trip but they didn’t have any beaters, and I forgot to bring one of my old ones to see if they would fit. So no luck with getting a mixer, but I did walk out with these two books below. I’ve seen the Wonder book at the public library and have been wanting to buy it. These two books were $5 together. Kind of steep for thrift store prices but oh well. I’ll add the Cat in the Hat holiday book to my Bright and Early Beginner’s book collection for the grandchildren. The World of Wonders looks brand new. I might save it for Christmas for one of my daughters.
That’s it for June!
Then below is something I saw thrifting at the Provo DI on that first trip. A Kitchen Aid Mixer for only $40! I didn’t buy it because I already have one. I wanted to get it for somebody but didn’t know who I would get it for. Anyway, it just goes to show what you can find at a thrift store. Inexpensive, useful, and beautiful treasures abound!
For more thrifting fun go here. Happy thrifting to all!
Today’s idea to celebrate America 250, on the eve of Independence Day is to watch the video below by a prophet of God. It’s about the Constitution of the United States, which the Declaration of Independence paved the way to be written.
Here’s a fun way to celebrate America 250! Play Patriotic Scattergories! Karyn of teachbesideme.com, has all the details on her website here with a free printable.
What a fun game for playing with friends and family this coming Independence Day!
Photo Credit: Drive Thru History With Dave Stotts YouTube Channel
This is a great video telling the history of Independence Day. Watch it this coming Independence Day in the middle of the day when it’s too hot to be outside. Of course it’s totally OK to watch it any day before or after. The presenter, Dave Stotts, shows many sites in Boston, Virginia, and Philadelphia. It involves maps, trips to some of the basic historical places involved in the Revolutionary War, fireworks, and jokes! It’s a wonderful summary of the events that led to July 4, 1776.
This is something I look forward to every year! It’s the Colonial Heritage Festival, or Colonial Days, in Orem Utah. I missed this so much when we lived in AZ. My Independence Day experience just doesn’t feel complete unless I go to this event on the day or two before the holiday. It’s like a little bit of Colonial Williamsburg gets transported to suburban Utah for a few days every July. It features people dressed up in colonial costumes, showing what life was like back then with printing, cooking, spinning wool, and more. If you go you get to see people dressed up like Minutemen drilling to defend the townspeople. If you live anywhere close, I hope you go! It’s free! My friend Gove Allen is part of it. Hopefully he will be there this year. He used to dress up as a baker and demonstrate bread baking, but in the past handful of years or so he has dressed up as colonial printer Isaiah Thomas and told stories of the Sons of Liberty and the Revolutionary War. His stories are so inspiring. So if you go, be sure to go to the printing press area and listen to Gove/Isaiah! You won’t regret it, he’s amazing!
