Nauvoo commemorates Mormon pioneer exodus with re-enactment, symposium

Two video vignettes from now-deceased Nauvoo residents will be shown during the symposium. Florence Ourth, a member of the Nauvoo Community of Christ Church, was present in 1928 when the bodies of Joseph and Hyrum Smith were located. Her video vignette is titled “Remembering Emma.”

Lillian Snyder (1914-2004), a descendant of Nauvoo’s French Icarians, studied and preserved Icarian history. A professor at Western Illinois University (WIU), she donated Baxter and Icarian papers to the Center for Icarian Studies at WIU. In Nauvoo, Dr. Snyder founded the Lillian Snyder Icarian Living History Foundation. Her video vignette provides information on “Icaria.”

For more information about the Untold Nauvoo Stories Symposium, see www.facebook.com/untoldnauvoostories. For more information about the Exodus re-enactment, see historicnauvoo.net and beautifulnauvoo.com.

The Untold Nauvoo Stories Symposium offers an opportunity to expand one's vision of this historic community and savor sites where key events occurred. Symposium participants can also attend the 1846 Nauvoo Exodus re-enactment ceremony.