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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.