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An Evening with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

📅 September 21, 2026

🕐 7:00 p.m.

Part of the Why I Love America Civic Series.

📍 University of Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City

Freedom’s Light Festival — A Celebration of America!

📅 September 17–19, 2026

Three days of living history hosted by the Freedom’s Light Foundation.

📍 Bountiful City Park, Bountiful, Utah

Declaration of Independence Live Reading

📅 August 17, 2026

📍 Utah State Capitol

Annual Ogden Pioneer Days Devotional

📅 July 12, 2026

🕐 6:00 p.m. (doors open at 5:00 p.m.)

Featuring speaker Jennie Taylor.

📍 Ogden Tabernacle

Celebration of Liberty — Grand Liberty Arch Monument Unveiling

📅 July 6, 2026

🕐 5:30 p.m.

Unveiling ceremony of the Grand Liberty Arch Monument. Meet world-renowned sculptor Sabin Howard; public exhibit July 4–6, 2026.

📍 Utah State Capitol Rotunda, Salt Lake City, Utah

Patriotic Service with Elder Rasband

📅 June 28, 2026

🕐 7:00 p.m.

Led by the Freedom Festival.

📍 BYU Marriott Center

America 250 Celebration

📅 June 8, 2026

🕐 5:00–8:00 p.m. (program at 6:15 p.m.)

Patriotic booths, food trucks, and a reenactment of the Reading of the Declaration of Independence.

📍 Legacy Park, 1140 W 1100 N, North Salt Lake

The Hope of America Presentation

📅 May 5, 6 & 7, 2026

🕐 6:30 p.m.

📍 BYU Marriott Center

Freedom Festival Education Contests

📅 Contest dates vary

Real prizes for winners. See the contest information for full details.