[SandRat]

Kevin Henson points to a map of Agua Prieta showing the route of the wagon trail cut by the Mormon Battalion in 1846. (Vera Davis•Herald/Review)

[caseinpoint]

Interesting project. My 2g grandfather and his father marched with the Battalion. They were among those who headed back East while some stayed in California and helped discover gold in the Sierras at Sutter’s Mill. Not sure which was the smartest decision. ;^P

[Rameumptom]

The Mormon Battalion has the record for the longest overland march in the history of the US Army.

There is a Viet Nam veteran (Navy Seal) in my local ward (congregation) who shared his conversion story with me. He listened to the missionaries which was interesting to him but when it became real and made sense was when he saw the Mormon Battalion monument in Tucson. Then he understood how the Doctrines were applied in real life.

He's got some real interesting stories. He won't talk much about it but I have gotten a few interesting ones out of him.

[mbj]

What the Mormons did in 1846 was murder, without question.

But why is this being re-iterated again, why *now*? Are those who perpetrated the crime alive today?

Or could it by any remote chance have something to do with the fact that the Mormons poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the vote for Proposition 8? Threats have been made; investigations have been launched; could this be the pro-homosexual propaganda machine making good on those threats?

I have no love for the Mormon religion: personally, I believe it to be contrary to the Holy Scriptures.

But, first they came for ...