Friday morning began with a trip to the temple. (Forgive the cloudiness--coming out of the nice air-conditioned temple to 98 degrees with 95% humidity clouded the lens)
The temple was beautiful, made even more so by the fact that it was built as near to the original as possible. And Kenny, in true Kenny fashion, managed to find a hallway with Joseph Smith's old sword hanging on display and ushered us all down it as we were exiting.
We visited Jonathan Browning's house, the gunmaker whose son designed the first-ever machine gun...
and my Great-great-great-etc. Grandpa's house.
We also visited Carthage Jail, where the prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred on June 27, 1844.
It was a remarkable experience--I highly recommend it to everyone, member and non. To see what the early Saints saw and to understand what they truly treasured were the highlights of the trip, and to know that we are the continuation of that history is all the better. I'm sure the Saints are proud to see the incredible impact their sacrifices have had on the church and their descendants.
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