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The interior of the Salt Lake Tabernacle as decorated for the Deseret Sunday School Union's July 1875 Pioneer Day celebration. The earliest precursor to Pioneer Day celebrations in Utah occurred on July 24, 1849, [19] when the Nauvoo Brass Band led a commemoration of the second anniversary of the Latter-day Saints entering the Salt Lake Valley ...
For many years, pioneers who arrived in the valley before 1869 were honored with a dinner each July 24. The last living pioneer died January 1, 1968. Her name was Hilda Erickson and she was 108 years old.
Over the next several years, tens of thousands of Mormon pioneers emerged from Emigration Canyon and first saw their new home from this same location. A Utah state holiday, Pioneer Day, occurs each year on July 24 to commemorate the entry of the Mormon pioneers into the valley. View of the Salt Lake Valley from the original 1921 monument
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The Mormon pioneers are celebrated annually on July 24 in the State of Utah, known as Pioneer Day. Salt Lake City also has the Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument, where Young, Eliza R. Snow, and other Mormon pioneers are buried and where a memorial exists dedicated to all who crossed the plains to the Salt Lake Valley.
Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days of '47 Parade. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown – Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union army troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
July 24: Pioneer Day in Utah, United States Konstantinos Karamanlis 1411 – Scottish clansmen led by Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles , and Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar , fought the Battle of Harlaw near Inverurie , Scotland.
On July 24, 1847, upon first viewing the valley, Young stated: "This is the right place, drive on." Mahonri M. Young, a grandson of Brigham Young, sculpted the monument between 1939 and 1947 at Weir Farm in Connecticut. [2] Young was awarded $50,000 to build the monument in 1939 and he was assisted by Spero Anargyros. [3]