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Showing posts with label Pioneer Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pioneer Day. Show all posts

7/18/13

Lifescouts badge #9: Back to the olden days

Sorry for not posting this yesterday. I’ve recently moved in with my older sister and the wi fi here only works during certain points of the day. Plus, there’s also the fact that I’ve been studying for math and driving around doing errands as well as a lot of sleeping in.
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In Utah, there’s a holiday called Pioneer Day, which basically much celebrates the day when the pioneers (who were Mormon, I believe) first came into this state. And my family and I happened to be at the local pioneer park to celebrate the holiday. It was a fun day full of candy cannons, riding a train on wheels, and visiting the local general store which locally had air conditioning. But what made it worth it was getting to ride on a horse drawn cart.
My twin sister and I were walking down a dusty street, sweating in the dreadful summer sun. And in the distance, we saw a person with a horse drawn cart about to leave. So without really thinking about it, we started racing down the street, determined to get on it. It was hard and it didn’t help that we weren’t really runners but we finally reached it, able to enjoy the unknown buildings of the park (such as the town hall) and listen to a little girl talk about how much she likes Taylor Swift.

 








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7/26/12

The 24th of July

*Knows this is a two days late, couldn’t put it up the other day because she was tired*

If you live in a four-corner state with a salty little lake aka Utah, then you already know why the 24th of July is an important day for us Utahans. If you don't live in Utah or in the United States or even on Earth, then for you the 24th of July is just another regular summer/winter day. While for Utah, it was Pioneer Day where we celebrate the first Mormon Pioneers that came into Utah after getting kicked out of a couple of other states. It’s kind of like July 4, only it’s a smaller, one state version. And since it is a holiday there was a parade, fireworks, and other festivities in between.

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