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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 ...
Liberty Park is a popular place to sit and watch Salt Lake City's Pioneer Day fireworks display, which go off in the park across the street, on the 24th of July. Large crowds gather in the park on Sundays during the spring, summer, and early fall for drum circles that last all day. An assortment of people, pets (primarily dogs), musical ...
A parade was held on July 24, 1849, in Salt Lake City, long before Days of '47 became an official organization. Beginning in 1931, the "'Covered Wagon Days" parade became an annual event. Since the 1940s, the parade has been known by its current name.
The Handcart Pioneer Monument, by Torleif S. Knaphus, located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as Latter-day Saints , who migrated beginning in the mid-1840s until the late-1860s across the United States from the Midwest to the ...
Beyond Independence Day, learn all about July 2024 national holidays, special observances, and world events (like the Summer Olympics) to celebrate all month.
Magna (/ ˈ m æ ɡ n ə / MAG-nə) is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The current population of the city stands at 29,251 according to the 2020 census , a 10.4% increase over 26,505 in 2010.
As of 2024, Daybreak held concerts every Saturday and Sunday evening. Due to crowd control issues, the Live Daybreak Community Council decided that the concerts would become ticketed events during the summer of 2024. [21] The Live Daybreak Community Council holds an annual Dragon Boat Race which is part of a broader Dragon Boat Festival ...
Utah's Hogle Zoo (/ ˈ h oʊ ɡ əl /) [7] is a 42-acre (17 ha) Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) accredited facility. . Located at the mouth of Salt Lake City's Emigration Canyon, Hogle Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the Intermountain West, and houses over 800 animals representing 139 speci