Many Affirmation Members have been excommunicated from the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints choose to no longer attend.  For many the hynms of the church may still be an important memory especially if you continue to have a strong faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  If this is the case and you want to have access to the hymns and don’t have a hymn book, no problem,  find them online with the Interactive Church Music Player and find information on the hymns, the children songs and even download a son in mp3 format.  The church music player will even transpose the key and allow you to pring out the music.  Now if you could just still sing with the choir.  Hum…

“This Is The Place Heritage State Park” is a place to see and experience what pioneer life was all about.  Some of the historic buildings have been moved to the park and are open to the public.

The Brigham Young  Adademy

The Brigham Young Farm House at This Is The Place Heritage Park is the original structure that was built in 1863 on the Mormon leader’s 823-acre farm in what is now the Sugarhouse area of the Salt Lake Valley (about 700 East and 2300 South). Brigham Young used the farm for experimental agriculture to determine which crops and livestock would survive and thrive in the unfamiliar climate conditions of Utah.Crops ranged from the familiar, such as alfalfa, strawberries and cauliflower to the exotic, like Chinese sugar cane and chufa nut (an edible root from Africa). About 25 acres of mulberry trees were imported to feed imported silkworms in what eventually was a futile attempt to produce silk domestically in Deseret. The farm also produced most of the dairy products, vegetables and grains used by the Young families.</p> <p>The farming operation was managed by Hamilton Gray Park, but the home and dairy were run by several of Brigham’s wives. They managed the household and supervised the daily activities there, from cooking to laundry to spinning wool and other aspects of pioneer life. In addition to the wives and their children, the household included girls hired to help and, at least for meals, the large number of farmhands needed to produce crops on such a large acreage.</p> <p class=”>

Though he never lived in the house, Brigham visited often. He entertained visiting dignitaries and held dances and other social events there. His daughter, Clarissa, recalled that her father especially enjoyed showing off the farm to visitors from the East.

The house had a couple of unusual features for its time. A three-sided wooden trough carried cool water from a spring near the house into a basement tank so fresh water did not have to be carried in buckets from a well each day as was necessary in most pioneer homes. And while the second floor was primarily bedroom space, one large room was kept as a dance hall.

This Is The Place Monument marks the spot where the Mormon Pioneers first entered the Salt Lake Valley and marks the end of the 1,300-mile Mormon trail.It was here that Brigham Young stopped his carriage in July 1847 and, after surveying the desert valley near the shores of the Great Salt Lake, declared, “This is the right place.” On July 24, 1947, exactly 100 years after his declaration, a heroic-sized bronze sculpture of Young and two of his colleagues was placed atop a 60-foot pedestal overlooking the Valley.

This Is The Place Monument – Emmigration Canyon

This Is The Place Monument was conceived, promoted and erected by a State-appointed commission composed of representatives of various faiths in Utah, including members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholics, Protestants and Jews.

This commission selected Mahonri M. Young, the celebrated sculptor and grandson of Brigham Young, to design the monument. The monument stands 60 feet tall and 86 feet long; the figure of Brigham Young on the top stands 12 feet 4 inches tall, along with Heber C. Kimball and Wilford Woodruff.

The Monument recognizes the early Spanish explorers and missionaries, the trappers, the Donner-Reed party, and the Mormon pioneers, including Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Wilford Woodruff whose figures stand atop the This Is The Place Monument.

The Salt Lake Temple on Historic Temple Square

Positioned on Salt Lake City’s center block, known as Temple Square, the spires of the Salt Lake Temple rise amid downtown high-rises and super malls. Sharing the block are the North Visitors’ Center and South Visitors’ Center; the Tabernacle, home of the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir; and the Gothic-style Assembly Hall. East of the temple is the masterfully landscaped Main Street Plaza, complete with reflecting pool. Beyond the plaza is the Church’s world headquarters, known as the Church Office Building, and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building—a multipurpose Church building, which has become a popular wedding event center. The Church’s Conference Center, an architectural masterpiece, lies directly north of the temple. Every holiday season, Temple Square is transformed into a highly popular display of hundreds of thousands of Christmas lights.