Mormon Battalion Monument (Salt Lake City)
Appearance
| Mormon Battalion Monument | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
The monument in 2021 | |
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| For Mormon Battalion | |
| Established | 1927 |
| Location | 40°46′35.4″N 111°53′13″W / 40.776500°N 111.88694°W Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Designed by | Gilbert Riswold |
The Mormon Battalion Monument is installed outside the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, in the U.S. state of Utah.
Description and history
[edit]Dedicated in 1927, the 100-foot monument is made of rose pink granite and bronze and was sculpted by Gilbert Riswold.[1]
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The monument in 2021
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Plaque
References
[edit]- ^ "Mormon Battalion Monument". Capitol Preservation Board. Archived from the original on March 9, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Black, Susan Easton (1994), "Mormon Battalion", Utah History Encyclopedia, University of Utah Press, ISBN 9780874804256, archived from the original on October 12, 2024, retrieved May 9, 2025
External links
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