COME AND CELEBRATE ORSON PRATT’S 200th BIRTHDAY!! 2011 REUNION OF THE JARED PRATT FAMILY ASSOCIATION DATE: Saturday, September 10, 2011 PLACE: The Garden Place, a new indoor, air-conditioned facility at “This Is the Place Heritage Park,” 2601 E. Sunnyside Avenue, Salt Lake City, www.thisistheplace.org Free entrance to the Park and Park activities for reunion attendees and free parking next to building; follow the Pratt Reunion signs SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 9:00 am Registration begins, meet cousins, view exhibits, get wristband for free entrance into “This is the Place Heritage Park” 10:00 am Reunion Meeting and Tributes to Orson Pratt 12:00 pm Bring Your Own Lunch--ice water, dessert, chairs and tables provided 1:00-5:00 pm Enjoy the Park activities with your family Please help us get the word out! We need to expand our email and mailing list. Send this notice on to other family members and/or send family names, addresses, and e-mails to Mauri Pratt at [email protected] or by calling Mauri at 801-380-8836. Please RSVP how many will be coming from your family by e-mailing or calling Mauri. REUNION EXTRAS: Bring your Pratt treasures (books, memorabilia, etc.) to display. Tables and a locked glass case will be available. Email or call Mauri if you have something to share. Update your genealogy in the Pratt database! Bring it with you on CD or on paper or contact Pete Pratt at [email protected] to submit your information. At the meeting, learn about the long-lost sister of the five Pratt brothers (Anson, William, Parley, Orson, and Nelson), their family home in New York, and Orson Pratt’s life, family, and legacy. View exhibits on many subjects, including: 1. The Pratt Grave Project (identifying and properly marking the graves of all of the grandchildren of Jared Pratt and their spouses) 2. Transcription Project of Pratt Historical Documents (see results on our website, www.pratt-family.org) 3. The Wives of Orson Pratt 4. Pratt Historical Artifacts and Paintings Purchase copies of: 1. Photographs of Orson Pratt 2. Five Pratt Brothers DVD. Cost: $10.00 3. The biography of Parley P. Pratt—HOT OFF THE PRESS from Oxford University Press—titled Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism by Terryl Givens and Matt Grow, one of our family historians. (Matt would be happy to sign your copy.) The official book release is in October with a retail price of $34.95; the reunion will be the first opportunity to purchase the book and it will be available at a steep family discount of $20.00. Books may also be purchased by sending $22 per book to Jared Pratt Family Association, 9767 Little Cottonwood Place, Sandy, UT 84092. PARK EXTRAS FOR OUR FAMILY: Visit the Orson Pratt Astronomical Observatory, originally located on Temple Square and recreated at This Is The Place Heritage Park. Visit the Huntsman Hotel (the Huntsmans intermarried with the Pratts; Jon Huntsman, Jr., is a descendant of Parley P. Pratt, as is Mitt Romney—this is a great year for a reunion with two of our cousins running for President!) Enjoy free pony rides, mini train rides, panning for gold, and entrance to petting zoo! .