Star-spangled origin story

Box Elder News Journal's Podcast · Jul 8, 2026 · 1m

Reed Kirkland raises an American Flag during a dramatic live retelling of the birth of the United States of America as part of a 250th Independence Day stage show in Corinne on Friday, July 3. Kirkland, Colton Smith, Colby Nelson, and Heston Morris all played roles of the Founding Fathers. At the conclusion of the festival—which was dreamed up and brought into reality by Beulah Wells—members of the EMS, police, fire, and the armed services were asked to the stage. Soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines were asked to stand each of the military branches’ songs were played. This included…