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Glenn Beck bringing rare American artifacts to Preston for historic fundraiser
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PRESTON – National radio host Glenn Beck will speak at an event in Preston this weekend to help raise funds for two historic buildings.
The conservative political commentator will speak three different times at the Franklin County Event Center, 251 North 250 West, on Saturday. He’ll share stories and historical artifacts from his private collection while discussing the principles on which America was built. The event will benefit the restoration of the Oneida Stake Academy building and the expansion of the Larsen-Sant Public Library.
The Oneida Stake Academy is a large, hand-cut stone building dating back to the 1890s. It served as “a place of education, faith, and community for early generations in the region,” according to its website. Ezra Taft Benson — an eastern Idaho native who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and later became president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — is one of the building’s noteworthy alumni.
The Larsen-Sant Public Library celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022. The Preston Citizen reported earlier this month that the library recently broke ground on a 6,000-square-foot expansion project.
The Oneida Stake Academy Foundation invited Beck, who maintains a part-time residence in the Preston area, to help with the cause.
In an interview with EastIdahoNews.com, Beck says he’s excited to be part of this event and speak to the community.
“You’re going to see the handwritten first draft of JFK’s ‘Ask not what your country can do for you’ speech. It hasn’t been seen since the 1960s,” Beck says. “You’re going to see stuff from the founders at the signing of the Declaration of Independence — oh my gosh, so much for you to see!”
Beck says one artifact, in particular, “will change everything you think you know about America.”
“You just don’t get a chance to see (stuff like this),” he says.
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WATCH A SNIPPET OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH BECK IN THE VIDEO ABOVE. Catch the full 40-minute interview this Sunday on It's Worth Mentioning.
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