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Utah memorial to Chinese railroad workers is a way ‘to tell the history,’ lawmaker says

The monument to laborers on the transcontinental railroad will be placed on the southeast lawn of the Utah Capitol.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Karen Kwan holds a microphone for Porheang Ear, the designer and architect for a new monument to honor the Chinese railroad workers who helped build the first Transcontinental Railroad during the groundbreaking on the lawn of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.