🏟️ Seagull Monument

United States · Americas · 40.77°N, 111.89°W

The Seagull Monument is a historic monument situated immediately east of the Salt Lake Assembly Hall on Temple Square, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Created by artist Mahonri Young, the monument commemorates an 1848 event in which seagulls were observed to devour crop-destroying Mormon crickets, following prayers for divine intervention against the insects. This event is referred to as the miracle of the gulls in the culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	40.77°N, 111.89°W · view on map

Seagull Monument is located in United States, in Americas.

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