Off to Salt Lake City and Provo

We had a purpose in going to Utah. My Carter ancestors were pioneers in Utah and helped settle Provo. In the early days there many little children were buried in the cemetery there without headstones. They probably had wooden markers but they have long since decayed. The family decided to pitch in and pay for a respectable monument in their honor. I got to have a part on the program and did the dedication of the bench. It is very nice and is right next to Hannah Knight Libby Carter's grave. Since she is the matriarch of the Carter clan in Utah it is a very fitting location for the bench.Yes, check out the typo. You pay good money and include a typo. At least I wasn't part of that. It was fun to meet all kinds of cousins I have never seen before. That was fun.

On Sunday we went to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing. (And I forgot the camera!) It was a historic performance of Music and the Spoken Word - it was the program that began their 80th consecutive year of broadcasting. They had a special group of Japanese-Americans there who were from an organization seaking reparations over being put in camps during the Second World War - the choir sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic for them after the broadcast. Of course Mom was in second heaven as it is her all time favorite song of theirs. It is interesting how touching it is to others. There were 4 visitors to Salt Lake in front of us - two couples - and all four were wiping away tears after that song.