President Monson serves as 'Handcart' grand marshal
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BOUNTIFUL, Utah — President Thomas S. Monson, first counselor in the First Presidency, was grand marshal for the Handcart Days Parade in Bountiful, Utah, the evening of July 23. His wife, Frances, rode with him as he waved to thousands of spectators lining a route more than a mile long. The parade, "Trail to Freedom," had 112 entries with some 3,000 participants.
"It's a community parade," said Helen Thompson; she and her husband, Lyn, were parade committee chairmen. "It unites the community and helps us reflect on the pioneers and those who have gone before us," she said.
This was the 52nd year of the Handcart Days Parade, which is part of a two-day annual commemoration of the arrival of the Pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. The celebration includes carnival rides, picnics and fireworks; a pioneer pageant was held the previous weekend.
