Keeping the Lanterns Aglow for Grand Illumination
I’m In the Swiss Navy echoes through the empty Tabernacle from years past.
I’m In the Swiss Navy echoes through the empty Tabernacle from years past.
Unoccupied cottages illuminate difference from this year and others.
Unoccupied cottages illuminate difference from this year and others.
Caldwell family keeps tradition alive on Fourth avenue.
Caldwell family keeps tradition alive on Fourth avenue.
Peter and Amy Bannon welcome family to the Trinity Park cottage.
Peter and Amy Bannon welcome family to the Trinity Park cottage.
McDonald and Weatherford families share quiet Illumination.
McDonald and Weatherford families share quiet Illumination.
The history of the Grand Illumination dates back to 1868.
The history of the Grand Illumination dates back to 1868.
Aamid the darkness of the Camp Ground a few lanterns stood out, glowing on porches, on what would have been the Grand Illumination.
The annual August event was canceled in May and the walkways and porches were mostly dark as night descended on the evening that usually sees thousands of families converge on the Tabernacle and surrounding area, as they have done since 1869.