Editor's note: Fox News Religion Correspondent Lauren Green delivered the following address on July 1 at America’s Freedom Festival at Provo, Utah. The festival is one of America’s premier patriotic celebrations. Its roots trace back to the 1870s, more than two decades before Utah became a state. The festival is a private, non-profit, non-political foundation whose mission is to celebrate, teach, honor, and strengthen the traditional American values of family, freedom, God, and country. For more on the festival, click here.

Lauren Green serves as a religion correspondent for FOX News Channel's (FNC). Prior to this, Green served as a news anchor for "FOX & Friends," where she provided daily news updates for the irreverent morning program. To learn more about Lauren, click here