<P> The Days of' 47 Parade is an annual parade presented by The Days of' 47, Inc . The three - hour event is held in Salt Lake City starting at 9: 00 a.m. MDT on July 24, the same day as Pioneer Day, a Utah state holiday . </P> <P> On July 24, 1847, Brigham Young and a company of Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, where the Latter - day Saints settled after being forced from Nauvoo, Illinois and other locations in the eastern United States . Pulling handcarts or driving wagons with oxen or horses, thousands of pioneers carried a firm commitment to America's belief in freedom of religion as they made the trek across the plains to a vast desert landscape that became known as the Utah Territory . </P>

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