SUP and Pioneer Day: In The News

Over the pioneer day weekend, the sons of utah pioneers made the news!  Here is our digest of the articles in which sup was covered. (If we missed any, please add it in the Comments below.)

• If This Flag Could Talk. (Deseret News, July 24, 2021)  Banner carried by fabled Mormon Battalion being flown by the Sons of Utah Pioneers. (This article also appeared on KSL.com)
• Photos: Pioneer Day Parade Marches On. (Salt Lake Tribune, July 23 2021)  The Days of ′47 Parade has only been canceled a few times in its history: during the Great Depression, during World War II — and during the coronavirus pandemic.

• ‘The pioneer legacy is a legacy of inclusion,’ President Oaks declares.  (Church News, July 20, 2021)   It is not enough to study, praise or reenact the accomplishments of pioneers, said President Dallin H. Oaks while standing against a brightly colored backdrop of a covered wagon in the Pioneer Center at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City.

“We need to identify the eternal principles they applied for our benefit and then apply those principles to the challenges of our own day,” said President Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency.