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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY BLACK AND BOSWELL
1 3 A Resolution recognizing June 22, 1996, as Morman Trail
1 4 Day, in celebration of the sesquicentennial anniversary
1 5 of the Mormon pioneer exodus of 1846.
1 6 WHEREAS, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
1 7 Saints was organized in Fayette, New York, in 1830 by
1 8 Joseph Smith; and
1 9 WHEREAS, the Saints, or Mormons as they became
1 10 known, migrated to Missouri in the 1830s, where they
1 11 remained until 1839, when religious intolerance drove
1 12 them to Commerce, Illinois; and
1 13 WHEREAS, the Mormons renamed the city Nauvoo, and
1 14 by 1845 their numbers made Nauvoo the 10th largest
1 15 city in the United States; and
1 16 WHEREAS, Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were
1 17 jailed in Carthage, Illinois, charged with inciting a
1 18 riot and two days later were assassinated by a mob at
1 19 the county jail; and
1 20 WHEREAS, fearing violence resulting from the
1 21 religious intolerance of their neighbors, and facing
1 22 divisive forces within their own community, in
1 23 February 1846 the Mormons followed Brigham Young in
1 24 the largest mass exodus in American history; and
1 25 WHEREAS, the trail these pioneers blazed, 1,400
1 26 miles from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah,
1 27 running the width of Iowa from near Montrose to
1 28 Council Bluffs, the Mormon Pioneer Trail, is now a
1 29 National Historic Trail; and
1 30 WHEREAS, though the Mormon pioneers experienced
2 1 great hardships during their journey, their faith and
2 2 determination eventually led 60,000 Mormon pioneers to
2 3 create new lives in Utah, significantly expanding the
2 4 borders of this country; and
2 5 WHEREAS, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
2 6 Saints and its members recognize with appreciation and
2 7 thankfulness the people of the state of Iowa, who by
2 8 their aid and protection exemplified the qualities of
2 9 charity and hospitality; NOW THEREFORE,
2 10 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the citizens of
2 11 Iowa are encouraged to recognize and celebrate June
2 12 22, 1996, as Mormon Trail Day, and to honor the
2 13 courage and sacrifice of the Mormon pioneers in this,
2 14 the sesquicentennial year of their migration across
2 15 Iowa.
2 16 LSB 4434SS 76
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