In conjunction with the Juanita Brooks unveiling, a new play will be show cased at the Pioneer Courthouse. Entitled "Hard Truths, " this story by Debora Threedy weaves together the story of two women whose lives are indelibly altered by attempts to erase the events of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. One woman is based on the true story of Juanita Brooks and her 15-year struggle to research then bring to light the death of 120 emigrants in 1857. The other woman is fictional and based on a child who survived the massacre, read by a cast of local actors and free of charge, this event will tally the cost of attempting to erase and then refusing to face the past.
