[Colofornian]

From the article: Francher and Bolinger say the massacre was America's first 9/11. "Interestingly enough, it was also an act of religious extremism, and that's another sort of eerie parallel between that and are more recent 9/11. But in both cases, religious extremists did basically horrible things to basically innocent people," Fancher said...On September 11, 1857, 121 men, women and children were murdered. Only 17 small children, all under the age of 6, were spared. Two years later, the orphans were reunited with relatives in Arkansas.

From the article: "Everyone who lived in Northwest Arkansas at that time, had some blood relatives that were members of this wagon train," said Scott Fancher, a descendant who has 27 relatives who died that day. For years the Mormon church denied allegations of involvement and blamed local Native Americans for the slaughter. Descedents of the victims have always wanted the church to own up and have wanted to get federal protection for the massacre site. In the last 10 years, there has been movies and media coverage and trips to washington to fight for the site of the massacre to become a national historic landmark, and on July 2, it did.

Hmmm...Only took almost 154 years for the Mormon church, which owns the property where the slaughter occurred, to acquiesce to this, eh?

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Single issue poster alert.

[Dave W]

So what is your agenda and why?

- Mitt

[benhoganfan]

Yep. His daily anti-mormon post. What a dilhole.

[magslinger]

First 9/11 American terrorist attack - 1857

Hardly. The first attack on Americans by terrorists (if not on American soil) was over fifty years earlier.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Now did the Mormon Church have to agree to this or is it strictly a move by the Federal gov’t to create a national landmark? I could see the timing on this as an anti-Romney move, bringing negative attention to his religion, since he’s still ahead in the polls.

I moved to Rogers last year and didn’t know anything about this; it’s interesting (whatever your motive). ;)

[Elsiejay]

A couple of years ago I read a very comprehensive book about this tragic incident (it may yet be on one of my shelves), but do not remember anything about a declaration of war against the U. S.

[ansel12]

It seems that you have stirred up a pro-massacre nest.

[Psycho_Bunny]

“Francher and Bolinger say the massacre was America’s first 9/11”

Ridiculous hyperbole.

[therut]

I wonder if there is a web site where you can do some work and find out of any of your relatives were killed. Since I am from Arkansas it would be interesting to know.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Fancher at one time owned 200 acres about two miles south of me.

[Loyal Sedition]

If you research the history, this has been one of the longest running coverups in our nation.

To this day no one will come strait out and say that Smith ordered, it, but at least one witness stated that Smith “Made it clear what he wanted”.

There have been many attempts to destroy the site over the years, look up what happened when some of the bodies were accidentally recovered, and how the forensic investigation was quashed.

My reading also appears to state that “Most” or “Many” of the children were returned to their relatives, but no one was certain that all were.

[svcw]

It’s about time.

[reaganaut]

It may have gotten National status, but LDS inc. still owns it which means the truth will still be suppressed.

[bvw]

[First 9/11 American terrorist attack - 1857]

I guess we've forgotten all the Indian Wars, which were fought for the most part by Indians using terrorist techniques.

The reality is such terrorist type attacks go back to the 1500's, see for example The Lost Colony