PIONEER DAY


Meaning of PIONEER DAY in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized P&D

1. : July 24 observed as a legal holiday in Utah in commemoration of the arrival of Brigham Young on the present site of Salt Lake City in 1847

2. : June 15 formerly observed as a legal holiday in Idaho as the anniversary of the acceptance of the Oregon treaty by the president and the senate in 1846

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