[Pioneer Day] Mormon pioneers first commemorated this new beginning in . The celebration took place near the spot that Young had recently designated as the site of a future temple, the holiest place in Mormondom. The observance consisted of a procession which led Brigham Young from his home to a bowery on Temple Square to which members of the nearly twenty local LDS congregations had marched earlier that morning behind their respective bishops. Under the bowery, Young presided over a devotional full of both religious reverence and zeal. The celebration ended with a thanksgiving feast for a bountiful harvest and the blessings of a merciful God. 1849
[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Pioneer Day, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]
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