President Jimmy Carter visited Salt Lake City in 1978 to participate in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' National Family Week celebrations, praising the church's efforts to strengthen families.
When he was president, in 1978, Jimmy Carter stood in the Salt Lake Tabernacle with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, telling the audience of some 8,000 people that their attendance was “indeed, a demonstration, an act of faith.” Carter was in Salt Lake City on Nov. 27, 1978, to take part in the church’s celebration of “National Family Week.
” As The Salt Lake Tribune reported at the time, Carter complimented the church’s television advertising campaign to promote families. “I know how much less difficult my job would be if your mammoth campaign to strengthen families should succeed,” Carter told the Tabernacle audience. The church’s president, Spencer W. Kimball, gave Carter a “Family Unity” award. The award featured a small replica of a Latter-day Saint statue of a man and a woman with arms outstretched, circling a child. Carter called it “absolutely beautiful.” The Tabernacle crowd greeted Carter warmly, The Tribune reported. Outside Temple Square, the reception was less welcoming. A protest, made up mostly of some 300 Iranian students opposed to U.S. involvement in Iran, led to a confrontation with Salt Lake City police, The Tribune reported. Students chanted “down with the shah” and “U.S. forces out of Iran.” Police scuffled with demonstrators briefly, The Tribune reported, when officers tried to confiscate sticks and poles that were being used to carry placards and an effigy of the Shah of Iran — who was overthrown by supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini less than two months later
JIMMY CARTER FAMILY CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS SALT LAKE CITY PROTEST
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