Joseph Smith, Jr - Joseph and Hyrum Smith Memorial - Nauvoo, Illinois
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BruceS
N 40° 33.028 W 091° 23.131
15T E 636701 N 4490108
Quote of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saints movement on the day he left Nauvoo to go to Carthage, Illinois where he was killed three days later.
Waymark Code: WMFB99
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2012
Views: 5
On the base of a sculpture of Joseph and Hyrum Smith on horseback entitled "The Prophets Last Ride" or "Calm As A Summer's Morning" is a plaque inscribed:
The Prophet's Last Ride
On the morning of June 24, 1844, Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum left their families, homes and fellow Saints for the last time. Traveling on horseback, the paused on this bluff. Joeph looked admiringly at the unfinished temple and the city of Nauvoo and declared:
This is the loveliest place and the best people under the heavens;
little do they know the trials that await them.
Joseph and Hyrum then continued on to Carthage, Illinois, where they faced legal charges and eventual death at the hands of a mob.
Address:
Wells Street across from Temple Square
Nauvoo, Illinois
Website: [Web Link]
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