Posted by:
poopstone
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Date: November 30, 2016 08:34AM
So I was in Salt Lake a few weeks ago digging up the past and searching for Mormon/Gentile historical relics, good ones and some not so good. I ended up on the University campus and went up to Fort Douglas, high on the East bench. The Monument to the dead Soldiers of the Battle of Bear River has been vandalized and looks like it hasn't been updated since the 1800s. I just can't get this out of my mind and have been troubled about it for weeks. I would like all of your opinions, should all veterans be honored? Or just from wars that were politically correct?
Briefly the history of these soldiers is that they came in 1859 to calm down the Mormon problem, put an end to blood atonement, violence, and injustice that the bretheren were inflicting. They also were asked by the church to make Cache Valley a safe place and deal with the Indians. They went up to the Bear River, fought a battle and secured the peace. Shortly after tens of thousands were able to settle Northern Utah, Cache Valley, Idaho, Star Valley, Montana, Alberta Canada. Thousands were now able to transverse the Oregon trail on into Washington and Northern California without fear of the Indians. I don't think any of us would be here without the brave men that fought the Battle of Bear River.