Ill. officials honored by Mormon History Association for regret

Published: Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:02 p.m. MDT
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Five years ago, Illinois passed a resolution formally expressing regret for the persecution of Mormons and their 1846 expulsion from the state. On May 22, the Mormon History Association honored two state officials who helped get the measure passed.

Justice Anne M. Burke of the Illinois Supreme Court's first district and her brother-in-law, Rep. Daniel J. Burke of the state General Assembly, received the Thomas L. Kane Award for outstanding service to Mormon History by a non-Mormon. The presentation was made at the association's awards banquet, part of its 44th annual conference meeting this year in Springfield.

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