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The Angel of Hope emerged from Richard Paul Evans's book The Christmas Box, a largely fictional story about a woman mourning the loss of her child at the base of an angel monument, though an earlier angel monument had once stood in Salt Lake City before it was destroyed in a flood. In response to reports that grieving parents were seeking out the angel and a place to mourn and heal, Evans commissioned a new angel in Salt Lake City. Created by Ortho and Jared Fairbanks, a father and son, the sculpture was modeled on the description in Evans's book, and the word "hope" appears in the angel's right wing. Dedicated on September 28, 2002, it serves parents who have lost a child of any age for any reason, and a candlelight ceremony takes place there each year on December 6 at 7:00 P.M.
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