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Mormon Battalion March Remembered
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIFORNIA -- Some 50 LDS Church members marched across part
of Laguna Niguel Saturday to commemorate the 1847 march of the Mormon
Battalion. The group trekked about four miles to Sycamore Park in Mission
Viejo, where a marker commemorates the Battalion's march. This is the first
time church members in Orange County have commemorated the march, according
to the Orange County register. The Mormon Battalion's march is widely
considered to be the longest march in U.S. history. After arriving in
California, Battalion members built the first U.S. courthouse building in
San Diego, helped build Fort Moore in Los Angeles and even were working at
Sutter's Fort when gold was discovered the following year.
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Mormons remember historic 1847 march
Orange co CA Register 29Jul01 US CA LA D1
By Danielle Herubin: The Orange County Register
Church-goers commemorate over 2,000-mile trek across the West
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