A Tribute to Utah
Improvement Era, vol. 18, no. 10, August 1915, pp. 925 to 926
Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
Tribute to Utah. during four The Liberty Bell was exhibited in Salt Lake City that 100,000 peo- hours on Sunday, July 11, 1915. It is estimated paid homage to the famous revolu- ple in Salt Lake City alone The morning hour after its arrival at eleven o clock tionary relic. of whom marched was devoted to the children, many thousands Sunday relic. The bv the Bell taking a glance at the historic children the opportunity. Schools were adjourned to give the
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The streets were gaily decorated for this patriotic occasion, and there was a great parade. It was said by the Philadelphia com- mittee, who had the Bell in charge, that no such reception, so far on the way to San Francisco, had been given to them and the Bell since they left Philadelphia. The local committee in charge had everything well in hand, and among the items of entertain- ment was an organ recital in the Tabernacle, especially permit- ted by the Presidency of the Church. In Ogden, also, and in other Utah cities, the Bell and its ac- companying contingent were given an ovation. On its way north a member of the Philadelphia Councilmanic committee said to D. S. Spencer, Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Oregon Short Line, according to a news report "The farther west we come with the historic bell, the more patriotism and more enthusiasm we find. Today's reception in Utah surpassed any ever accorded the relic. It was a tribute such as was never expected by us. We never will forget what Utah did** Somewhere I have seen a picture of 'Utah's best crop.' I saw the crop itself today, 30,000 strong in one city, Salt Lake I;
believe I have seen 100,000 children in Utah today. Utah ought to be proud of its children they are among the brightest looking ;
children I have ever seen." To another member of the Utah party the Philadelphia coun- cilman said: "Philadelphia is known as the 'City of Brotherly Love.' After seeing the children of Utah today, I would like to change the motto of Utah, whatever it may be, to 'The State of Motherly and Fatherly Love.' "
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