The Constitution Revered

This Bicentennial marker carries words Brigham Young spoke in 1846, seeing the Mormon Battalion off to war at Council Bluffs. In them he called the United States Constitution divinely inspired — revealed, he said, by God to the nation's founders — and urged the departing soldiers to honor its laws. The sentiment runs deep in Latter-day Saint tradition, which holds the Constitution to be providentially framed. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers set the marker in 1976, on the country's two-hundredth birthday, to mark that strand of the faith's regard for the nation.

What the plaque says

"I want to say to every man, the Constitution of the United States, as framed by our fathers, was dictated, was revealed, was put into their hearts by the Almighty who dwells in the heavens; and I tell you in the name of Jesus Christ it is as good as ever I could ask for. I say unto you, magnify the laws. There is no law in the United States, or in the Constitution, but I am ready to make honorable." From Brigham Young's farewell address to the Mormon Battalion, July 1846, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.4 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.4 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 1.0 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 2.3 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Ensign Peak - Capitol — steps away
• Civil War Monument — steps away
• Utah and the Civil War (4) Markers — steps away
• Lest we Forget — steps away