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). ;)
That's strange, I've known about this massacre since I was a child(read it in a history book). There has been at least one movie made about it, that shows that mormons were the perps and not Indians. Plus, I know about other crimes committed by mormons of that time period against other wagon trains, many travelers were warned about going through Utah but many did not heed. I also know about the group of murders that the mormons called the Avenging Angels.
The mormons in the 19th century were not very nice people when it came to getting along with others.
***I moved to Rogers last year ***
Welcome to NW Arkansas, the Tick and chigger capitol of the US!
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.
If it were an anti-Romney move, they would have waited until next year.
The Mormon Church agreed to go along with National Landmark Status (Status being the operative word). The Church should be an actual National Landmark. This will be a little harder for the Church to swallow since it gives the Federal (Gentile) Government the right to interpret the site. After all, the two sides were at war with each other for a time... even though an actual declaration was never issued... from either side. This happened more than two years ago and the Church deserves credit for going along with it.... even though it took them too long to get there. The Mormon Church owns all the land that massacre site is on.