It was in 1849 that welch pioneers came to the valley and they sang in harmony and welch. They decided you need to be the nucleus. It started in 1849. They used to sing in the tabernacle. When that was too small they started building this particular building which was in the late 1860s. It was completed at the end of the civil war. The tabernacle here has been the home of the choir ever since. As we had voisitors come one of the things they first noticed is the organ. It is right there and has been accompanying since the organ was put in. It has been around even longer. This is older than the temple itself. The oldest thing inside is this organ case. These gold pipes next to me here have looked down on decades and decades of history. So a lot of history in this organ case and in the building. The soupd of the tabernacle organist is really unique. This ceiling does a remarkable ceils of projecting the soupd no the back of the room. It is like a warm bath when you hear this organ play. W
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[background noises] [inaudible conversations] [background noises] the committee will come back to order. I now recognize mr. Buchanan from florida. Think it mr. Chairman appreciate the opportunity we also want to thank our witnesses by note ms. Hilton a lot of other offices on the helper you are relentless grandfather 10 children nine and under. I read the country is made up of 25 are kids. They make up one 100 the future so that your work and the Committee Work is huge. I just ask you what i think i tu been involved with nine different states the potential impacts and we can help you and others get the best return for that tax a pair have the biggest impact in terms of the kids in the country. To push in one direction or another. You would be a couple of big things we can make a big difference to weigh in on . Thank you so much. I appreciate your kind words and i appreciate your question. I work at the federal and state level to enact change. At the federal level will be reauthorized
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The idea of a Meeting House for them to worship and was always there, but the problem was building one when you first arrived. So when you settle a new area, they would build a fort and for years they would meet together in a fort for worship. Itself brings a greater cohesion to a community. It becomes the center of life, a community, and especially of the latterday saint community. The latterday saints had been in utah valley for seven years,. Brigham young finally told them it was time to build the Meeting House. So in 1856 they began construction on the first Meeting House. In 1861, they thought they were almost done and they built the a capstone to go over the door that said erected in 1861. Unfortunately, it took another six years for them to actually finish the building, so it was completed in 1867. So it took them 11 years to actually finalize the building. Later, the second tabernacle was begun. , finally constructed. First meetingis house continued to be used, but it became mo