At the end of the tour, the choir was privileged to visit five sites sacred to our people and pivotal to the latter-day restoration of the gospel: the Peter Whitmer farm, the Sacred Grove, the Hill Cumorah, Kirtland, and the new, not-yet dedicated priesthood restoration site on the Susquehanna River.
We listened, we learned. We heard and bore testimony. And everywhere we went, we sang.
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| The Sacred Grove |
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| The frame home of Joseph Smith, Sr., in Palmyra |
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| The Smiths' kitchen garden, planted each year in historic fidelity by the missionaries |
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| Alvin Smith's grave in Palmyra |
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Hill Cumorah
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The Kirtland Temple, owned and lovingly cared for
by the Community of Christ. At their request, we
refrained from taking pictures inside the temple.
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The Newell K. Whitney store in Kirtland, where Joseph Smith opened
the migration from Palmyra to Kirtland with the words,
"Newell K. Whitney, thou art the man!" |
"These were days never to be forgotten!" --Oliver Cowdery
