SANDY, Utah — The hum of conversation, exclamations of wonder and patter of feet filled the halls of parade floats at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy, Utah, on Tuesday, July 21. The floats rose above the patrons in majesty, each paying homage to the first pioneer ancestors that came to the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847.
Per tradition, different stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah were chosen to create a parade float in honor of those first pioneers. Each float is designed from the ground up by local Church members, and it is up to them to bring their vision to life.
Many of those who designed, built and perfected the floats expressed that without faith and reliance on the Lord, their visions would have never come to life. Almost all of them used the word “miracle.”