[MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> WELCOME TO THE 2021 STATE OF UTAH INAUGURATION CEREMONY.

WE ARE BROADCASTING THIS HISTORIC EVENT ON UTAH'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATEHOOD FROM THE TUACAHN AMPHITHEATER IN IVINS, UTAH.

THIS IS A FIRST FOR SOUTHERN UTAH AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME AS WELL.

THIS LOCATION REINFORCES THE GOVERNOR'S PLATFORM TO SERVE THE ENTIRE STATE OF UTAH.

NOW, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE INVOLVED IN TODAY'S EVENT, STATE OFFICIALS HAVE IMPLEMENTED STRICT COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

GOVERNOR-ELECT COX HAILS FROM RURAL FAIRVIEW, UTAH.

AND YOU WILL SEE SPECIAL TRIBUTES THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM THAT HIGHLIGHT HIS JOURNEY FROM SMALL TOWN BOY TO UTAH'S HIGHEST OFFICE.

EACH OF THE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES YOU WILL SEE TODAY HOLDS SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WILL BE PERFORMED VIRTUALLY BY GOVERNOR ELECT COX'S ALMA MATERS.

AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELECT DEIDRE HENDERSON'S SON JIMMY'S PERFORMANCE GROUP AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PUT TOGETHER A MUSIC VIDEO TO FOLLOW HER REMARKS.

ALSO GOVERNOR-ELECT, LIEUTENANT GOVERNMENT-ELECTRIC'S SON JIMMY WILL BE A PART OF THAT PERFORMANCE AND HER INAUGURAL ADDRESS WILL BE A HISTORIC MOMENT AS NO PREVIOUS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS EVER PROVIDED AN ADDRESS BEFORE HERE IN UTAH.

THE UTAH NATIONAL GUARD, MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL J. TURLEY, WILL PRESIDED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE PROGRAM, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S LISTEN IN AS THE OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS BEGIN.

>> WILL YOU RISE FOR THE ENTRANCE OF THE OFFICIALS.

THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR TODAY'S EVENTS, MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL J. TURLEY.

[APPLAUSE] PLEASE WELCOME LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT DEIDRE HENDERSON.

[APPLAUSE] >> GOVERNOR-ELECT SPENCER J. COX, AND ABBY COX.

[APPLAUSE] >> GOVERNOR-ELECT COX, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT HENDERSON, GOVERNOR HERBERT, ELECTED OFFICIALS, RESIDENTS OF UTAH, ON BEHALF OF THE INAUGURATION COMMITTEE AND THE UTAH NATIONAL GUARD, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE 2021 STATE OF UTAH INAUGURATION CEREMONY.

I AM MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL TURLEY, THE ADJUTANT GENERAL FOR UTAH, AND I AM PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS YOUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES.

TODAY, THE HONORABLE SPENCER J. COX WILL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE AND BECOME THE 18TH GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF UTAH.

IN ADDITION, DEIDRE M. HENDERSON WILL BE SWORN IN AS LT.

GOVERNOR, AND THE OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS WILL RE-SWEAR THEIR OATHS AS THEY CONTINUE IN THEIR CURRENT POSITIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE] >> TO BEGIN TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE COLORS WILL BE POSTED BY A JOINT COLOR GUARD OF THE UTAH NATIONAL GUARD, FOLLOWED BY A VIDEO PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BY COMBINED BANDS FROM THE GOVERNOR-ELECT'S THREE UTAH ALMA MATERS, UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, SNOW COLLEGE AND NORTH SAN PETE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL THEN BE LED BY MR. GREGORY ADIEMA.

FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE MOST REVEREND OSCAR SOLIS OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SALT LAKE CITY WILL OFFER AN INVOCATION.

>> PLEASE PREPARE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS.

>> PRESENT.

[ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[ TOGETHER ] >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> THANK YOU.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

>> PLEASE BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER.

ALMIGHTY AND SOVEREIGN GOD, WE HUMBLY PRAISE, HONOR, AND THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.

WE RECOGNIZE YOUR LOVING PRESENCE AND THE GRANDEUR OF YOUR CREATION AND THE GIFTS OF INTELLIGENCE, CREATIVITY AND EMPATHY BESTOWED ON TO US TO HELP US BECOME THE WHO CREATED US.

WE INVOKE YOUR KINDNESS TO HEAR OUR PRAYERS FOR HONORABLE SPENCER COX.

INSTILL IN HIM THE WISDOM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF YOUR KINGDOM SO HE MAY EXERCISE THE SACRED TRUST OF ADMINISTERING OUR STATE WITH GREAT COMMITMENT TO THE COMMANDMENT TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR.

GIVE GOVERNOR-ELECT COX HIS ADMINISTRATION AND ALL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT THE ABILITY TO HONOR YOU BY DOING WHAT IS RIGHT, FAIR, AND JUST FOR EVERYONE.

ESPECIALLY THE POOR, THE HUNGRY, AND MARGINALIZED.

HELP HIM RETAIN HIS HUMILITY TO UPHOLD THE DIGNITY OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR STATE IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, GRANDEUR, ETHNICITY, ABILITY, ORIENTATION OR RELIGIOUS FAITH.

GUIDE HIM TO DEVELOP POLICIES THAT FOSTER PEACE, JUSTICE, RESPECT OUR BASIC RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES, AND ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENTS OF EVERY PERSON.

BE WITH HIM, LORD, TO LEAD US TO NEW HEIGHTS AND PROSPERITY IN THE GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF THE INCREDIBLE NATURAL BEAUTY AND RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED TO US IN EVERY CORNER OF THIS STATE.

HEAVENLY FATHER, TO YOUR MIGHTY WORK WITHIN US, YOU ACCOMPLISH INFINITELY MORE THAN WE MIGHT ASK OUR THINK.

IN YOUR KINDNESS, BLESS AND PROTECT THE GOVERNOR, HIS FAMILY, AND OUR ELECTED LEADERS.

AND GRANT OUR PRAYER TO YOU, OUR CREATOR, LORD AND SAVIOR WHO LIVES AND REIGNS NOW AND FOREVER, AMEN.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS NOW MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE THE HONORABLE PAIGE PETERSEN, JUSTICE OF THE UTAH SUPREME COURT, WHO WILL ADMINISTER THE OATHS OF OFFICE TO: TREASURER DAVID C. DAMSCHEN WITH JODY DAMSCHEN, AUDITOR JOHN DOUGALL WITH SANDY DOUGALL, ATTORNEY GENERAL SEAN D. REYES WITH SAYSHA REYES, AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELECT DEIDRE M. HENDERSON WITH GABE HENDERSON AND THE HENDERSON'S CHILDREN.

AFTER THE OATHS ARE ADMINISTERED, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HENDERSON WILL PROVIDE HER INAUGURAL ADDRESS, FOLLOWED BY A VIDEO MUSIC PRESENTATION BY HER SON JIMMY HENDERSON AND THE BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY YOUNG AMBASSADORS.

JUSTICE PETERSEN WILL THEN ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO GOVERNOR-ELECT SPENCER J. COX.

JUSTICE PETERSON.

>> WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND?

I, STATE YOUR NAME, HAVING BEEN ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF TREASURER, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, OBEY, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE.

AND THAT I WILL DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE ... WITH FIDELITY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU, JUSTICE.

[APPLAUSE] >> WILL YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND?

YOU'VE GOT IT UP!

>> THERE YOU GO, DONE IT BEFORE!

[ LAUGHTER ] >> I, STATE YOUR NAME, HAVING BEEN ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF AUDITOR ... DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, OBEY, AND DEFEND ...

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE.

AND THAT I WILL DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE ... WITH FIDELITY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] >> WILL YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND?

>> I, SEAN REYES, HAVING BEEN ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, OBEY, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE.

AND THAT I WILL DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE WITH FIDELITY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> I, DEIDRE M. HENDERSON, HAVING BEEN ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, OBEY, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE AND THAT I WILL DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE WITH FIDELITY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> GOVERNOR COX, GOVERNOR HERBERT, LEGISLATORS, JUSTICES, FRIENDS, AND FELLOW UTAHNS, JUST OVER 400 YEARS AGO, MY 11TH GREAT-GRANDFATHER, WILLIAM BRADFORD, FLED RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND JOINED A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SET OUT LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW FREEDOMS, AND A NEW HOME.

THEY SAILED THROUGH STORMY SEAS, BATTERED BY WINDS AND CRAMPED IN TIGHT LIVING QUARTERS, UNTIL FINALLY THE MAYFLOWER DOCKED AT PLYMOUTH ROCK.

WILLIAM BRADFORD BECAME THE SECOND GOVERNOR OF PLYMOUTH COLONY.

AFTER A LIFE OF SERVICE AND DEVOTION, HE WROTE IN THE HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION THAT "ALL GREAT AND HONORABLE ACTIONS ARE ACCOMPANIED WITH GREAT DIFFICULTIES [THAT MUST BE] OVERCOME WITH "ANSWERABLE COURAGE."

MORE THAN 150 YEARS AGO, ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE FLED RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND CROSSED WIND-SWEPT PLAINS, BATTERED BY THE ELEMENTS AND WOUNDED IN HEART AND SPIRIT.

THEY ALSO DEMONSTRATED "ANSWERABLE COURAGE."

MY ANCESTORS WERE SOME OF THE FIRST TO SETTLE SPANISH FORK.

ALL THESE YEARS LATER, MY FAMILY AND I LIVE THERE- AND THERE'S NOWHERE WE'D RATHER BE.

LIKE ANY NOTEWORTHY OCCASION, TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROCESS THIS MOMENT, WHILE BOTH LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD IN TIME.

AND THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE NOW, AS WE GATHER ON THE VERY DAY THAT UTAH BECAME A STATE 125 YEARS AGO.

THOSE FIRST LEADERS OF OUR STATE DEMONSTRATED "ANSWERABLE COURAGE," WHEN THEY RISKED THE VERY STATEHOOD THEY SOUGHT BY INCLUDING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE 4, SECTION 1 OF THE UTAH CONSTITUTION WAS FORWARD-THINKING FOR ITS DAY.

IT READS: "THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF UTAH TO VOTE AND HOLD OFFICE SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED ON ACCOUNT OF SEX.

BOTH MALE AND FEMALE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE SHALL ENJOY EQUALLY ALL CIVIL, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES."

DURING THE UTAH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN 1895, FRANKLIN S. RICHARDS SAID THAT THE WORK DONE IN UTAH ON BEHALF OF WOMEN WOULD BE "THE PUREST AND BRIGHTEST RAY OF UTAH'S GLORIOUS STAR."

WITH EVERYTHING AT STAKE, UTAH'S EARLY LEADERS, ARMED WITH VISION AND "ANSWERABLE COURAGE" ACTED BOLDLY.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THOSE BOLD ACTIONS AND THE PATHWAYS PAVED BY WOMEN LIKE SENATOR AND DR. MARTHA HUGHES CANNON AND REP. ALICE MERRILL HORN, WHO REPRESENTED THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN THE CHAMBERS OF THE UTAH LEGISLATURE DECADES BEFORE MOST WOMEN IN AMERICA COULD VOTE; AND OF THE ALL-FEMALE TOWN COUNCIL OF KANAB WHO IN 1911 WERE ELECTED AS A JOKE BUT NEVERTHELESS ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY; AND FORMER SPEAKER OF THE UTAH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REBECCA LOCKHART- THE FIRST AND SO FAR ONLY WOMAN ELECTED TO THAT POSITION, AND OF COURSE UTAH'S FIRST FEMALE LT.

GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR, OLENE WALKER.

I'M ALSO HERE BECAUSE OF MEN LIKE FRANKLIN S. RICHARDS WHO BELIEVED IN THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE THAT WOMEN SHALL NOT BE DENIED AND USED HIS VOICE AND POSITION TO INSIST THAT EQUALITY BE INCLUDED IN OUR STATE CONSTITUTION, AND MY HUSBAND GABE WHOSE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE MADE POSSIBLE MY PUBLIC SERVICE, AND GOVERNOR SPENCER J. COX WHO ASKED ME TO JOIN HIM AND TAKE OUR SHARED VISION OF SERVICE, RESPECT AND ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITY TO ALL CORNERS OF THIS STATE.

UTAH HAS BEEN A BEACON TO THE NATION FOR MANY YEARS.

EVEN THROUGH THE DIFFICULTIES OF 2020, UTAHNS HAVE SHOWN "ANSWERABLE COURAGE" AND DONE THE HEAVY-LIFTING REQUIRED BY A BRUTAL PANDEMIC.

WE ARE THE BEST POSITIONED STATE TO COME OUT OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DOWN-TURN.

THOUSANDS OF OUR FELLOW UTAHNS HAVE MADE THE CHALLENGING PIVOT TO NEW CAREERS.

THOUSANDS MORE HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS BY DONATING TO THE UTAH FOOD BANK.

OUR EDUCATORS HAVE ADAPTED TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THEIR STUDENTS UNDER THE MOST TRYING CONDITIONS, AND OUR FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN HEROIC IN THEIR CARE FOR THE SICKEST AMONG US.

AND THAT'S JUST THE START.

BUT EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT, WE STILL HAVE WORK STILL TO DO.

THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE PAST YEAR HAVE EXPOSED SOME OF THE INEQUALITIES THAT STILL EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I WANT TO ASSURE ALL UTAHNS THAT THERE'S ROOM AT THE TABLE FOR YOU.

IN FACT, THAT PROMISE ALREADY EXISTS IN OUR STATE'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS: YOUR PLACE AT THE TABLE SHALL NOT BE DENIED.

TO FAIL IN THIS WOULD MEAN FUNDAMENTALLY FALLING SHORT OF THE BASIC AMERICAN PROMISE.

IN THE WORDS OF BOBBY KENNEDY, "WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE FULL HUMAN EQUALITY OF ALL OF OUR PEOPLE - BEFORE GOD, BEFORE THE LAW, AND IN THE COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT.

WE MUST DO THIS, NOT BECAUSE IT IS ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS - ALTHOUGH IT IS; NOT BECAUSE THE LAWS OF GOD COMMAND IT - ALTHOUGH THEY DO--WE MUST DO IT FOR THE SINGLE AND FUNDAMENTAL REASON THAT IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO."

WE WANT YOUR INPUT EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE.

WE KNOW IT TAKES COURAGE TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD AND WE HOLD OURSELVES ANSWERABLE TO YOU.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUALLY ASKING, "WHOSE VOICE IS MISSING?"

AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING: WE DON'T NEED MORE WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE SOLELY TO PROVIDE EXPERT OPINIONS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES.

WE DON'T NEED MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE HALLS OF GOVERNMENT ONLY TO HELP US RESOLVE ISSUES RELATED TO MINORITIES.

AND WE DON'T NEED MORE RURAL UTAHNS SERVING IN OUR ADMINISTRATION SIMPLY TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMETOWNS.

NO, WE NEED REPRESENTATION OF ALL OF OUR VOICES, SO THAT WE CAN SOLVE THE HARD PROBLEMS IN FRONT OF US IN THE BEST WAY.

WE NEED MORE WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND RURAL UTAHNS SPEAKING UP ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF HOW OUR STATE IS RUN.

THERE WILL BE NO TOKEN LEADERSHIP AT OUR TABLE.

PLEASE JOIN US AND HELP US SHOW THE COUNTRY WHAT INCLUSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE.

JOIN US TO GROW OUR ECONOMY AND IMPROVE EDUCATION, AND JOIN US TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY AND AN EVEN BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERY UTAHN IN EVERY PART OF OUR STATE.

IN A STATEMENT TO THE UTAH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN 1895, EMMELINE B.

WELLS SAID "EVERY AGE HAS ITS RISING AND ITS SETTING SUN."

I BELIEVE THAT AS UTAH COMES OUT OF A DIFFICULT DAY- OR MORE PRECISELY, A LONG STRING OF DIFFICULT DAYS- WE ARE NOW TURNING OUR FACES TO A RISING SUN.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF WE MEET OUR DAY WITH "ANSWERABLE COURAGE," WE WILL "WIN THROUGH TO ULTIMATE VICTORY" EVEN THOUGH WINDS AND HARDSHIPS MAY BESET US.

AND IF WE REMEMBER TO LIFT ALL UTAHNS IN THE PROCESS, MARCHING FORWARD AS ONE UTAH, WE SHALL NOT BE DENIED.

THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE GREAT STATE OF UTAH.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [MUSIC] ♪ HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE NOBODY WAS THERE ♪ ♪ HAVE YOU EVER FELT FORGOTTEN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ♪ ♪ HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU COULD DISAPPEAR ♪ ♪ THOUGH YOU COULD FALL AND NO ONE WOULD HEAR ♪ ♪ WELL LET THAT OLD FEELING WASH AWAY ♪ ♪ MAYBE THERE'S A REASON TO BELIEVE YOU'LL BE OKAY ♪ ♪ BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND ♪ ♪ YOU CAN REACH, REACH OUT YOUR HAND ♪ ♪ AND SOMEONE WILL COME RUNNING ♪ AND I KNOW THEY'LL TAKE YOU HOME ♪ ♪ EVEN WHEN DARKNESS IS CRASHING THROUGH ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND TO CARRY YOU ♪ ♪ AND WHEN YOU'RE BROKEN ON THE GROUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ SO LET THE SUN COME STREAMING IN ♪ ♪ BECAUSE YOU'LL REACH UP AND YOU'LL RISE AGAIN ♪ ♪ LIFT YOUR HEAD AND LOOK AROUND ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ ♪ THERE'S A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO FEEL UNKNOWN ♪ ♪ AND EVERY TIME THERE'S TRIALS ♪ YOU'RE NEVER LEFT ALONE ♪ ♪ IF YOU ONLY SAY THE WORD ♪ ♪ LIFT YOUR VOICE IS HEARD ♪ [MUSIC] ♪ EVEN WHEN THE DARKNESS IS CRASHING THROUGH ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE TO CARRY YOU ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE BROKEN ON THE GROUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ YOU'LL REACH UP AND RISE AGAIN ♪ IF YOU ONLY LOOK AROUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ YOU WILL BE FOUND ♪ ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

>> I, SPENCER J. COX, HAVING BEEN ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, OBEY, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE AND THAT I WILL DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE WITH FIDELITY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE RISE FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD'S 19-GUN SALUTE AND FLYOVER TRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

[ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] [ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE ♪ ♪ FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA ♪ ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA ♪ [ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA ♪ [MUSIC] ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA ♪ ♪ GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE ♪ ♪ AND CROWN THY GOOD IN BROTHERHOOD ♪ ♪ FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA ♪ ♪ AND CROWN THY GOOD IN BROTHERHOOD ♪ ♪ FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 18TH GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF UTAH, SPENCER J. COX.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> IN 1849, AN EARLY EXPLORER--PARLEY P. PRATT--WROTE THAT AS THEY FIRST ARRIVED IN WHAT WOULD BECOME WASHINGTON COUNTY, THEY "PASSED... OVER A RUGGED, STONY, SANDY ALMOST INDESCRIBABLE COUNTRY, THROWN TOGETHER IN DREADFUL CONFUSION..." THE AREA "SHOW[ED] NO SIGNS OF WATER OR FERTILITY... A WIDE EXPANSE OF CHAOTIC MATTER PRESENTED ITSELF..." WITH "HUGE HILLS, SANDY DESERTS, CHEERLESS, GRASSLESS PLAINS, PERPENDICULAR ROCKS, LOOSE BARREN CLAY, DISSOLVING BEDS OF SANDSTONE...

LYING IN INCONCEIVABLE CONFUSION; IN SHORT," HE CONTINUED, "A COUNTRY IN RUINS DISSOLVED BY THE PELTING OF STORMS... AND TURNED INSIDE OUT, UPSIDE DOWN, BY TERRIBLE CONVULSIONS OF SOME FORMER AGE."

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO WASHINGTON COUNTY.

[ LAUGHTER ] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> GOVERNOR AND MRS. LADY HERBERT, LEGISLATORS AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, FAMILY, FRIENDS, LT.

GOVERNOR AND GABE HENDERSON, FIRST LADY ABBY COX, GAVIN, KALEB, ADAM AND EMMA KATE.

MY FELLOW UTAHNS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY AT THIS SPECIAL PLACE ON THIS SPECIAL DAY.

ABBY AND I ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND SUPPORT, AND WE ARE HUMBLED BY THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT LIE AHEAD.

THE SAME WORDS PARLEY PRATT USED TO DESCRIBE WASHINGTON COUNTY COULD ALSO BE USED TO DESCRIBE THE YEAR 2020.

"INDESCRIBABLE...

DREADFUL CONFUSION... A WIDE EXPANSE OF CHAOTIC MATTER... CHEERLESS... INCONCEIVABLE...

TURNED INSIDE OUT, UPSIDE DOWN."

AND IF I'M BEING HONEST, WE ALL PROBABLY FEEL A LITTLE TIRED.

LADY LIBERTY HAS BEEN HOLDING THAT TORCH FOR SO LONG.

AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE HER HANDS--AND OURS--HANG DOWN.

BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE LEARNED VALUABLE LESSONS.

WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC RAGING, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE SMARTER THAN WE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.

AS SCIENTISTS, CHEMISTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS DEVELOPED AND MASTERED NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO CREATE MULTIPLE LIFE-SAVING VACCINES IN RECORD TIME.

AND YET, AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE AT OUR FINGERTIPS THAN ANY GENERATION IN HISTORY, WE HAVE SOMEHOW BECOME MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISINFORMATION, CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND LIES AS TOO OFTEN WE ALL STRUGGLE TO FIND ACCURATE SOURCES OF TRUTH AND UNBIASED INFORMATION.

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WE ARE STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT THAN WE EVER IMAGINED, AS INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, INDUSTRIES AND COUNTRIES HAVE FOUND WAYS TO ADAPT AND INNOVATE THROUGH IMPOSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES TO RESTORE CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAINS AND KEEP BUSINESSES OPEN AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAFE AND EMPLOYED.

AND YET, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN REAL WEAKNESSES AS TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS AND TOO MANY OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES--INCLUDING OUR NATIVE AMERICAN, BLACK, LATINO AND PACIFIC ISLANDER FRIENDS--WHO HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THIS VIRUS AND CONTINUED RACIAL INEQUITIES.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WE ARE KINDER AND MORE GIVING THAN WE EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE, AS UTAHNS DO WHAT WE ALWAYS DO, DONATING MILLIONS IN FOOD AND RELIEF INCLUDING AS OF THIS MORNING INCLUDING ONE MILLION MEALS FOR OUR #ONEUTAH FOOD DRIVE, SUPPORTING FARMERS FEEDING UTAH, SEWING 6 MILLIONS MASKS AND GOWNS, AND NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS FIX UPROOTED TREES AND DAMAGED HOMES AFTER UNPRECEDENTED EARTHQUAKES AND HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS.

AND YET, WE HAVE SADLY REALIZED THAT WE ARE FAR MORE DIVIDED THAN AT ANY TIME IN OUR LIFETIMES AS THE NEWS IS FILLED WITH CIVIL UNREST AND PROTESTS, INCLUDING ONE RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS VENUE HERE TODAY.

HATEFUL RHETORIC DOMINATES OUR POLITICAL DISCOURSE.

WE ARE FACING A CRISIS OF EMPATHY; A SCOURGE OF CONTEMPT.

VERY LITTLE FEELS "UNITED" ABOUT THE UNITED STATES TODAY.

INDEED IT APPEARS THAT MENS' AND WOMENS' HEARTS ARE FAILING THEM.

LET ME BE CLEAR.

CONFLICT AND PASSIONATE DEBATE AROUND IDEAS CAN BE HEALTHY, BUT CONTEMPT AND CONTENTION WILL ROT THE SOULS OF OUR NATION AND HER PEOPLE.

AND THIS DIVISION ISN'T JUST UGLY OR UNFORTUNATE.

IT'S AS ONE EXPERT RECENTLY WARNED, "[T]HERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS WE WILL HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY."

THE REASON?

"WE JUST DON'T KNOW," HE OBSERVED, "WHAT A DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU DRAIN ALL THE TRUST OUT OF THE SYSTEM."

BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO FIX THIS AND UTAH IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

JUDGE THOMAS GRIFFITH HAS GIVEN US THE FORMULA: "IF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AS WE KNOW IT IS TO SURVIVE," HE WROTE, "THEN WE MUST INCULCATE THE VIRTUE OF CIVIC CHARITY.

WE MUST SEEK TO UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER, TO TREAT EACH OTHER NOT AS ENEMIES, BUT AS FRIENDS, AND TO SECURE JUSTICE FOR ALL WITHOUT DEMONIZING AND OSTRACIZING THOSE WITH WHOM WE DISAGREE."

INDEED THIS IS THE ONLY WAY IT HAS EVER BEEN DONE.

AND IT IS DISTINCTLY AMERICAN.

AS ANOTHER EXPERT HAS NOTED, "THE HEROES OF AMERICA ARE HEROES OF UNITY.

HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR VIGOROUS DISAGREEMENT.

IT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR IRRECONCILABLE CONTEMPT.

SUCH CONTEMPT LOOSENS THE TIES OF CITIZENSHIP AND UNDERMINES THE IDEA OF PATRIOTISM."

THIS IS A THEME THAT ECHOES THROUGH TIME, TAUGHT BY AMERICA'S GREATEST LEADERS.

LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON: "LET US THEN, FELLOW CITIZENS, UNITE WITH ONE HEART AND ONE MIND, LET US RESTORE TO SOCIAL INTERCOURSE THAT HARMONY AND AFFECTION WITHOUT WHICH LIBERTY, AND EVEN LIFE ITSELF, ARE BUT DREARY THINGS."

LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN: "WE ARE NOT ENEMIES, BUT FRIENDS.

WE MUST NOT BE ENEMIES.

THOUGH PASSION MAY HAVE STRAINED, IT MUST NOT BREAK OUR BONDS OF AFFECTION."

AND LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: "THE WORDS OF TH[E] TEXT [TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES] GLITTER IN OUR EYES WITH A NEW URGENCY.

FAR FROM BEING THE PIOUS INJUNCTION OF A UTOPIAN DREAMER, THIS COMMAND IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY FOR THE SURVIVAL OF OUR CIVILIZATION.

YES, IT IS LOVE THAT WILL SAVE OUR WORLD AND OUR CIVILIZATION, LOVE EVEN FOR ENEMIES."

NOW LET US RETURN TO WHERE WE BEGAN AND WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY: RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

A FEW GENERATIONS AFTER PARLEY P. PRATT'S INITIAL SCOUTING REPORT, A YOUNG MAN NAMED ORVAL HAFEN WAS BORN IN THIS SAME VALLEY.

AFTER MOVING AWAY TO GET HIS EDUCATION, HE CAME BACK HERE TO WHAT WAS THEN A SMALL COMMUNITY OF LESS THAN 8,000 RESIDENTS WITHOUT A SINGLE PAVED ROAD IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND HE RECORDED MANY OF THE SAME FRUSTRATIONS AS HIS PREDECESSORS.

"ST. GEORGE DOESN'T FIGURE MUCH IN THE WORLD'S PROGRESS," HE WROTE.

"IT IS INSIGNIFICANT, AND IN SO MANY WAYS SO IS ALL THAT WE DO HERE.

THE TOWN SEEMS SO SLEEPY, THERE SEEM TO BE SO FEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THE MONEY THEY NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES.

THERE IS A TEMPTATION TO FEEL LIKE ONE SHOULD CHUCK IT ALL AND MOVE TO SALT LAKE OR SOME SECTION WHERE THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP, HE CONTINUED, "[I KNEW] A MAN COULD MAKE A BETTER CONTRIBUTION [IN] HIS OWN TOWN THAN HE COULD ANYWHERE ELSE."

WITH HANDS HANGING DOWN, HE TURNED HIS GAZE UPWARD AND HE LET HIMSELF DREAM -- WITH VERY LITTLE MONEY IN HIS HOMETOWN AND EVEN LESS WATER, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION NO LESS.

HE WROTE, "I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THE FEELING THAT THE DESTINY OF [THIS PLACE] LIES IN HER CLIMATE AND SCENERY AND THAT MY MISSION IS TO HELP BRING THIS ABOUT."

"[WE] SEEM DESTINED TO UNDERGO QUITE A CHANGE," HE SAID.

"INSTEAD OF THE ISOLATED LITTLE FARMS AND CATTLE RANCHES, WE MAY BE IN THE MIDST OF A RECREATIONAL CENTER, WHICH WILL ENTIRELY CHANGE OUR ATTITUDES, OUR OUTLOOK, OUR ASSOCIATIONS, AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES."

HIS DREAMS WERE SO BIG, THAT AT TIMES EVEN HE STRUGGLED TO BELIEVE THEM.

"I DON'T DARE TO CONFESS TO MOM WHAT WILD IDEAS ARE GOING THROUGH MY MIND," HE WROTE.

"IN FACT, I HARDLY DARE FACE THEM MYSELF."

WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE THAT TODAY, IN THE FIRST INAUGURATION CEREMONY EVER HELD OUTSIDE OF SALT LAKE CITY, WE FIND OUR FEET FIRMLY PLANTED ON GROUND PURCHASED BY ORVAL AND HIS WIFE, RUTH HAFEN.

IN ANOTHER ONE OF ORVAL'S OUTRAGEOUSLY AUDACIOUS DREAMS, THEY BOUGHT A SMALL RANCH ON THE EXACT SAME PIECE OF LAND WE STAND ON TODAY WITH A BREATHTAKING VIEW, SECOND TO NONE, AND YET WITHOUT A SINGLE DROP OF WATER.

THE FIRST TIME HE SAW THIS CANYON HE WROTE "I WAS AWE-STRUCK.

THERE BEFORE ME LAY A SCENE OF INDESCRIBABLE BEAUTY: WILD, PRIMITIVE, UNSPOILED, LARGELY UNKNOWN, WAITING TO BE ENJOYED, WAITING TO INSPIRE FOLKS AND BRING THEM NEAR TO THEIR GOD."

YEARS LATER, ORVAL HAFEN WOULD PASS AWAY FROM A HEART ATTACK WHILE DIGGING A TRENCH TO THE SAME SITE WHERE WE GATHER TODAY WHICH I CAN PROUDLY REPORT NOW DEFINITELY HAS RUNNING WATER.

YOU SEE, GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS THAT SEEM INEVITABLE IN RETROSPECT, RARELY FEEL THAT WAY WHEN THE WORK BEGINS.

NEVER FORGET THAT ONE PERSON CAN DESCRIBE A PIECE OF LAND AS " A COUNTRY IN RUINS, CHEERLESS TURNED INSIDE OUT, UPSIDE DOWN" WHILE ANOTHER SEES THAT EXACT SAME PLACE AS "A SCENE OF INDESCRIBABLE BEAUTY WAITING TO BE ENJOYED."

MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE VERY THING THAT HAS MADE THIS LAND SO BEAUTIFUL OVER THE MILLIONS OF YEARS OF ITS HISTORY HAS LARGELY COME FROM THOSE HARSH, OFTEN UNEXPECTED, MOMENTS IN TIME WHEN FEROCIOUS RAINS BEAT DOWN OR HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS BLOW, AND THE EARTH SHAKES.

I PROMISE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN WILL LEARN ABOUT THIS MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY WHEN THE EARTH HAS BOTH LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY SHAKEN BENEATH OUR FEET.

MY FELLOW UTAHNS, OUR MOMENT, OUR RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY, HAS ARRIVED.

IT IS TIME WE RISE TO THAT CHALLENGE.

AT TIMES OUR HANDS MAY HANG DOWN AND OUR HEARTS MAY FAIL US, BUT EVEN WHEN WE FEEL TIRED, WE MUST NEVER GIVE UP.

IN UTAH, WE NEVER GIVE UP.

IT'S OUR TURN TO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER OF UTAH'S HISTORY AND PROVE THAT, YES, INDEED, OUR GREATEST DAYS STILL LIE AHEAD.

I COME TO YOU FROM THE SMALLEST OF SMALL TOWNS.

AND THE HUMBLEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

IN TAKING A SACRED OATH TODAY, MY FAMILY AND I PLEDGE OUR HEARTS AND OUR HANDS TO YOU THESE NEXT 4 YEARS.

WE WILL SUCCEED TOGETHER, AS ONE UTAH.

LET'S GO.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR COX, AND CONGRATULATIONS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THIS HISTORIC EVENT, AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE AND ITS PEOPLE.

FOLLOWING THE CLOSING NUMBER, THE BENEDICTION WILL BE OFFERED BY ELDER RONALD A. RASBAND OF THE QUORUM OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.

THIS EVENING, PLEASE JOIN UTAHNS AROUND THE STATE FOR THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATEHOOD TELEVISION SPECIAL TO BE AIRED AT 6:30PM ON LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS, FOLLOWED BY SIMULTANEOUS FIREWORKS SHOWS IN ALL 29 OF UTAH'S COUNTIES, BEGINNING AT 7:30PM.

THIS FINAL SONG IS A SPECIAL REQUEST FROM OUR NEWLY SWORN-IN GOVERNOR.

IT IS NOT JUST A FAVORITE MELODY OF A FARM BOY FROM FAIRVIEW.

IT IS ALSO A FITTING TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO TURNED HIS LIFE HOMEWARD IN SERVICE TO COMMUNITY, STATE AND COUNTRY.

THE PERFORMANCE IS DEDICATED TO THOSE LOVED ONES WHO HAVE LIFTED HIM UP AND WALKED ALONGSIDE HIM ON HIS PATH.

PERFORMING "HOMEWARD BOUND", PLEASE WELCOME DAVID ARCHULETA, NATHAN PACHECO, KENDRA LOWE AND NICOLE PINNELL TO THE STAGE, AND THE LUKE'S CHORAL SOCIETY, PERFORMING VIRTUALLY.

[APPLAUSE] [MUSIC] ♪ IN THE QUIET MISTY MORNING ♪ ♪ WHEN THE MOON HAS GONE TO BED ♪ WHEN THE SPARROWS STOP THEIR SINGING ♪ ♪ AND THE SKY IS CLEAR AND RED ♪ ♪ WHEN THE SUMMER'S CEASED ITS GLEAMING ♪ ♪ WHEN THE CORN IS PAST ITS PRIME ♪ ♪ WHEN ADVENTURE'S LOST ITS MEANING ♪ ♪ I'LL BE HOMEWARD BOUND IN TIME ♪ BIND ME NOT TO THE PASTURE ♪ ♪ CHAIN ME NOT TO THE PLOW ♪ ♪ SET ME FREE TO FIND MY CALLING ♪ AND I'LL RETURN TO YOU SOMEHOW [MUSIC] ♪ IF YOU FIND IT'S ME YOU'RE MISSING ♪ ♪ IF YOU'RE HOPING I'LL RETURN ♪ ♪ TO YOUR THOUGHTS I'LL SOON BE LISTENING ♪ ♪ IN THE ROAD I'LL STOP AND TURN ♪ THEN THE WIND WILL SET ME RACING ♪ ♪ AS MY JOURNEY NEARS ITS END ♪ ♪ AND THE PATH I'LL BE RETRACING ♪ WHEN I'M HOMEWARD BOUND AGAIN ♪ BIND ME NOT TO THE PASTURE ♪ ♪ CHAIN ME NOT TO THE PLOW ♪ ♪ SET ME FREE TO FIND MY CALLING ♪ AND I'LL RETURN TO YOU SOMEHOW ♪ BIND ME NOT TO THE PASTURE ♪ ♪ CHAIN ME NOT TO THE PLOW ♪ ♪ SET ME FREE TO FIND MY CALLING ♪ AND I'LL RETURN TO YOU SOMEHOW [MUSIC] ♪ BIND ME NOT TO THE PASTURE ♪ ♪ CHAIN ME NOT TO THE PLOW ♪ ♪ SET ME FREE TO FIND MY CALLING ♪ AND I'LL RETURN TO YOU SOMEHOW [ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] ♪ BIND ME NOT TO THE PASTURE ♪ ♪ CHAIN ME NOT TO THE PLOW ♪ ♪ SET ME FREE TO FIND MY CALLING ♪ AND I'LL RETURN ♪ ♪ AND I'LL RETURN ♪ ♪ AND I'LL RETURN TO YOU SOMEHOW [ INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> O GOD, DEAR FATHER OF US ALL, WE CONCLUDE THIS INAUGURAL CEREMONY GIVING THANKS UNTO THEE FOR THE BEAUTY AND RICHNESS OF THIS STATE AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE MAGNIFICENT VISAS SURROUNDING US TODAY.

WE ARE REMINDED BY THIS INAUGURATION OF THE PRIVILEGE AND JOY WE HAVE OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM.

BLESS US TO NEVER FORGET AND ALWAYS TREASURE OUR CONSTITUTION AND THOSE WHO FOR MANY GENERATIONS HAVE UPHELD IT AND PROTECTED ITS PRINCIPLES FOR US.

OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ARE FULL OF EXCITEMENT AND ANTICIPATION AS WE SUPPORT AND UPHOLD OUR NEW GOVERNOR, SPENCER JAMES COX AND LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, DEIDRE M. HENDERSON.

BLESS THEM WITH GREAT WISDOM, INTEGRITY, AND COURAGE TO FACE THE FUTURE WITH CERTAINTY AND STRENGTH.

BLESS THEM WITH KIND HEARTS AND FIRM RESOLVE TO FACE THE MANY CHALLENGES BEFORE THEM.

GRANT THEM AN EXTRA MEASURE OF COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING TO LEAD THEM TO ESPECIALLY CARE FOR THE CHILDREN AND UNDERPRIVILEGED OF OUR STATE.

WE PRAY YOU BLESS THEIR SPOUSES ABBY AND GABE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN EVERY NEEDFUL WAY.

FURTHER, DEAR FATHER, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE LIVE IN A TIME OF SERIOUS CHALLENGES AND COMPLEXITIES IN OUR STATE.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BLESS ALL OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEIR STAFFS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES AND ADDED BLESSINGS FROM THY PRESENCE.

NOW, WITH DEEP RESPECT AND RECOGNITION OF ALL FAITHS AND ALL CITIZENS, WE COMMIT OUR PRAYER AND THIS INAUGURAL SERVICE TO THEE AS WE ASK FOR THY DIVINE GUIDANCE AND BLESSING IN THE NAME OF THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB AND EVEN IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAY SEATED AS OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND HONORED GUESTS EXIT THE STAGE AND REMAIN SEATED ... >> AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR LIVE COVERAGE.

THE ENTIRE STATE IS INVITED OUT TONIGHT TO CONTINUE CELEBRATING THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF UTAH'S STATEHOOD.

GOVERNOR COX'S OFFICE HAS WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HERITAGE AND ART TO PUT TOGETHER A TELEVISION SPECIAL.

THAT WILL AIR TONIGHT AT 6:30 p.m. AND THAT SPECIAL WILL HIGHLIGHT THE BEAUTY AND ARTS OF UTAH.

ALSO BE SURE TO JOIN US AROUND THE STATE FOR FIREWORKS THAT WILL GO OFF SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ALL 29 COUNTIES THROUGHOUT UTAH.

THAT WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT AT 7:30 p.m.

CHECK THRIVE125.UTAH.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

AND KEEP IT HERE ON P-B-S UTAH FOR COVERAGE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20TH FROM THE TUACAHN AMPHITHEATER IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

I'M LIZ ADEOLA.

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