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UPTLA #71

Mormon Battalion Trail

The Mormon Battalion of the U.S. Army camped here enroute to California December 17, 1846. During the war with Mexico, on the longest infantry march of record, they were first to unfurl the flag of the United States in Tucson.

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Plaque Source: Marine 69-71 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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“UPTLA #71,” UPTLA, accessed November 21, 2024, https://uptla.tylerthorsted.com/items/show/71.