An Iranian immigrant’s exhibit at Trolley Square pays homage to 60 people who 'shaped Utah,' including prophets and politicians, Native Americans and immigrants, women and men, the famous and the forgotten.
, mother of the famed performing group, who started the boys singing to raise money for hearing aids for her oldest two children.
At the exhibit’s opening, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson hailed its inclusion of so many women and underrepresented communities. Why is it that “some stories get told and others get buried? What happens when we forget the parts of the past that help make us who we are today?” Henderson asked. “The answer isn’t hard: When we forget where we come from, we can’t properly understand where we are, and we are ill equipped to know where we should be going.” A new exhibit, "They Shaped Utah," features 60 prominent or underappreciated Utahns throughout history at Trolley Square, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.
The state’s past and present are much more diverse than that, Mendenhall said. “The state has always been shaped by diversity. Let’s tell their stories.”
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