Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire July 24, Utah's Official Religious Holiday

Pioneer Day marks the day in 1847 the Mormons arrived in what would become Salt Lake City. (They conveniently forget that there were Catholic missions here before that.) Anyway, the entire state is closed today, there are huge parades in which every Mormon ward, stakehouse, temple, chapel, and Boy Scout troop have floats. There are huge rodeos as well. This is also the July day when more fireworks are sold and lighted than even the Fourth.

I don't know of any other state that so officially honors a single religion. Is there?

If you hate living there, why stay?

When I lived in Germany there was Faschings. Which is a huge pre-lent party every year. I didn't feel the need to denigrate all those Catholics and Lutherans that participated.

There are 49 other states to choose from. I personally would never live in Utah.

How did you gather I hate living here? I merely described to those unaware of it what today is to most Mormons and ask if any other state has something similar.

I think Michigan and Minnesota celebrate Ramadan.

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Rocky, I am pretty sure all 50 states take December 25th off as a holiday.


BTW, it is likely my ancestors were there in 1847 when they arrived in what became Salt Lake City.

Somehow, Christmas no longer seems to celebrated as a religious holiday, and even it it were it isn't dedicated to a single religion.

The same goes for Mardi Gras, which is tied to the beginning of Lent (Catholic) but seems to be more a celebration of debauchery than religion. Voodoo is a big part of it, as well. And even though its practitioners celebrate Voodoo as a religion, Louisiana doesn't come out and say Mardi Gras is a Voodoo - or Catholic - holiday.

So I still can't think of a single state-sponsored religious holiday like Utah has.

Does the state government let their employees off for it? Do businesses?

Do the Mormons celebrate the Mountain Meadows Massacre?

The Mountain Meadows Massacre was the killing of roughly 120 emigrants who were passing through Southern Utah in September 1857. The massacre occurred on September 11, 1857. The emigrants–men, women, and children–were traveling from Arkansas to California, part of the Baker-Fancher wagon train. They were killed by a group of Mormons with the help of local Paiute Indians.

I was just gong to mention the Meadow Massacre but you beat me to it A few weeks ago a couple of Missionaries stopped by here and when I asked them about the Massacre, they acted like they had never heard of such a thing. I told them to Google it!

St. Patrick's Day in New York.

The run-up to Lent in Louisiana.

St Pat's Day might be close, but I think it's more of a Boston city event than a whole Massachusetts event. I already spoke about Mardi Gras above.

Ricky: Yes, many businesses are closed today, and all state offices are.

I'm a good ol Mormon boy and that is a pretty ignorant question coming from a so called Christian man....... To answer your idiotic question NO

Do the Catholics celebrate the killing of native Americans???

It was flat out murder on a broad scale, no doubt about it.

But Christianity (for example) doesn't have a blood-free history either. Plenty of atrocities have been committed by people in the name of different religions. The Muslims nowadays stand out among all others regarding this.

State Beverage Stores are even closed today ........OMG

Do "christians" celebrate the Haun's Mill massacre, the Missouri "Extermination Order" (which stood for nearly 140 years), the "Warsaw/Nauvoo wolf hunts", and all the other "expeditions" launched against Mormons for the purpose of killing them or driving them away?

"Christians" may not want to start casting stones against others for violence committed against women and children in the U.S.; just a thought.

The biggest problem was that the mormons told the pioneers to "Give us your guns and TRUST US and we will give everything back when you get past our territory". That is when the Mormans turned the indians loose on the "Trusting Pioneers" and were slaughtered. Hence the term "Never trust a Mormon".

Guys, let's not turn my innocent question into a pizzing contest or an anti-religion diatribe. If that stuff continues, I'll delete the thread.

Opening day of deer season is a high religious holiday as well.

As well it should be.