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11 May 2010 - Entry 26

Ceremonial resolution signing by Governor Gary Herbert.

HCR4, Veterans Freedom Memorial Concurrent Resolution, was unanimously passed in the 2010 Utah Legislative session and was sponsored by Representative Greg Hughes and Senator Margaret Dayton. Click here to read the official resolution.

10 November 2009 - Entry 25

Springville WalMart store donates $2,000 to Utah Freedom Memorial Park

Shawn Young, Community Coordinator, and Lynette Justice, Store Manager, were pleased to present their $2,000 donation for the Utah Freedom Memorial Park. Accepting the check was a group of Marines who just returned from Iraq and who live in Springville. They are members of the Fox Company 2nd Battalion 23rd Marines, stationed at Ft. Douglas. A presentation on the UFM project was given to the entire group of store associates by project coordinator Daniel Bolz. When asked who had family members in the military, over half of the associates raised their hands.

Left to right; Shawn Young, CPL Eric Moore, CPL Scott Vargas, LCPL, Matthew Taylor, CPL Wade Nielsen, CPL Donovan Sorenson, Lynette Justice

31 March 2009 - Entry 24

The UFM executive steering committee officially announced the venue for the monument at a Press Conference on the Sandy City promenade…

Winning over some twelve contesting locations for the statewide monument, Sandy City was declared the final winner and host of the Utah Freedom Memorial. Sandy City is the population center of the entire state of Utah. See press release for details the selection process.

Today, even with the cold weather, over 100 people attended the UFM Press Conference to announce the venue for the Utah Freedom Memorial, a statewide memorial celebrating freedom and educating children as to the cost of freedom, and honoring all of Utah’s military from before statehood to today’s current war on terrorism.. and beyond…

The media covered the event in an all-out fashion. All four major TV stations sent crews and cameras to cover the event. Several newspapers also ran stories. See our News Room for postings of coverage.

The program included the following speakers: Lt. Governor Gary Herbert, Tony Galvez, Scott Trudo, Perry Van Schelt, SL County Mayor Peter Caroon, and Sandy City Mayor Tom Dolan. Young singer Jayden Bliss sang an original patriotic song, ‘We Thank You’.

A semi-circle of 100 eight foot tall flags helps visitors visualize where the monument will be located. On display was a scale model and color rendering of the actual monument.

(upper left) Lieutenant Governor, Gary R. Herbert

(upper right) Gold Star Father and UFM Co-Chair, Tony Galvez

(upper left) Wal-Mart Manager and Ufm Co-Chair Scott Trudo

(upper right) UFM Monment Designer / Art Director, Perry Van Schelt

(upper left) South Salt Lake Mayor, Peter Corroon

(upper right) Sandy City Mayor, Tom Dolan

Salt Lake City Singer, Jayden Bliss

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24 February 2009 - Entry 23

The Executive Committee of the Utah Freedom Memorial met today and voted on the final venue site for the monument. This is a momentous occasion for this Utah State monument project. Over the past two years, the committee has presented the project to eleven potential site candidates, ranging from Liberty Park in SLC to Thanksgiving Point in Lehi.

The four finalists were:
Ft. Douglas
West Jordan City Memorial Park
Southtowne Expo Center
Sandy City promenade

The voting resulted in the Sandy City promenade location being selected as the winner. Congratulations to Sandy City!

Of note, Sandy City is the official population center of the State of Utah.

17 February 2009 - Entry 22

Today members of the UFM executive committee met with Tom Dolan, Mayor of Sandy City and some of his city staff including the Parks Director, Nancy Shay.

Many questions about the monument were asked by city officials. Both the UFM scale model and color rendering were on display. The location Sandy City is offering for the monument is the south end of the city’s promenade green space which is directly south of city hall.

All of the Sandy City people were encouraged about having Sandy City being considered as one of the venue finalist’s for the Utah Freedom Memorial project.

Mayor Dolan will present the project to the city council tonight and report back to UFM officials as to their decision.

Attending today’s meeting were: Mayor Dolan (Mayor, Sandy City), Byron Jorenson (city administrator), Nancy Shay(Parks & Rec. Director), Scott Ear (Parks & Rec. Asst. Dir.), Tony Galvez (co-chair UFM), Paul Swenson (owner, Colonial Flag and UFM committee member), Perry Van Schelt (art director, Monument Arts), Daniel Bolz (marketing dir. Monument Arts)

2 December 2008 - Entry 21

The UFM committee was invited to present the monument project to the West Jordan City Council Tuesday evening.

Eight council members and Mayor Newton all voted ‘yes’ to placing the Utah Freedom Memorial in their new Veterans Memorial Park. When their park was dedicated, Major General Tarbet of the Utah National Guard, called West Jordan the most patriotic city in the state of Utah… Craig Dearing, President of the West Jordan Chamber of Commerce, took the lead in inviting the UFM group to present the monument project to the city officials.

The West Jordan City venue makes a total of ten possible locations for the monuments final resting site.

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