America's Freedom Festival at Provo

America's Freedom Festival at Provo (also America's Freedom Festival or Freedom Festival) is a private, non-profit, non-political foundation known for organizing more than 25 annual patriotic events in and around Provo, Utah. The organization's stated mission is to "celebrate, teach, honor, and strengthen the traditional American values of family, freedom, God, and country." America's Freedom Festival sponsors one of the nation's largest Fourth of July celebrations, Stadium of Fire, held each year at LaVell Edwards Stadium on the campus of Brigham Young University.[1] Recent performers at Stadium of Fire include Carrie Underwood, the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and Blue Man Group. The United States Department of Defense has chosen to broadcast parts of the festival to millions of servicemen and women serving abroad in the Armed Forces for the past several years.[2]

The festivities usually include a patriotic service, a balloon launch, and a parade.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Utah Valley Adventure Passport. Utah Valley Convention and Visitor's Bureau. 2007.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Stadium of Fire is blast with Idol star and stripes

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Coordinates: 40°15′27″N 111°39′16″W / 40.25750°N 111.65444°W / 40.25750; -111.65444

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