Pioneers

Today we celebrate when Brigham Young, feeling under the weather, looked out of the back of his wagon and proclaimed "This is the Place, drive on". I have participated in a number of Pioneer Day related celebrations during my lifetime, but I never can forget being at the unveiling of a placque that has the name of my ancester- the FIRST of the pioneer party that entered the Salt Lake Valley a few days before the rest of the company. It was my sweet grandmother and I who attended the ceremony, and even though I was about 12 years old, I understood and I felt great amounts of gratitude for that man and all others who were coming to Zion. I am certainly blessed to be a part of a great heritage.