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Celebrating living history

The whole museum is beautiful. | 10:42 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009

Everything is very well done there.

Personally I find everything related to early Church history adds to the "wow" factor, especially the watch which was shot at Carthage.

Namasu | 11:07 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009

Even for one who is not LDS, you can not disregard the history and contributions of the Mormon church even to this day. What people do not understand; time should be taken to learn as it is part of the history of all of us.

BobP | 8:27 a.m. Sept. 21, 2009

My Great Grandmother from the Mississippi River with the Martin Handcart Company. She was 8.

She settled on the edge of the desert in Goshen, married a Danish born Cowboy and in he 50's settled southern Alberta in Canada, with her husband, two married sons and married daughter.

So far as I have been able to establish, she was the last one of the Martin company to die.

What I have learned of her and he family puts me in awe of them and puts me in being occaissionally sorry for myself to shame.

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Wow Factor | 9:45 a.m. Sept. 21, 2009

Looks very interesting.

What, "wowed" me was the photo gallery with the article, a photo that shows the Kirtland Bank notes. I thought that would be a chapter in LDS Church history that they would rather forget, let alone put on display. (Kirtland Bank was illegal and basically printed bogus money...)

Perhaps they'll have more to show at the museum than they ever have before, in a much more open and de-sanitized manner.

observing | 10:35 a.m. Sept. 21, 2009

I haven't visited the Church History Museum in a long time - it's time that I return!

Once a year at least... | 10:40 a.m. Sept. 21, 2009

I love taking my kids to the Museum. Each of my children have a favorite spot in the building. It makes for a wonderful family home evening event, or just a let's get out of the house and see some neat stuff outing. Thanks for the nice article.

Anonymous | 11:47 a.m. Sept. 21, 2009

To Wow Factor: The Kirtland Bank was NOT illegal. It just didn't work out.

to BobP | 10:06 p.m. Sept. 21, 2009

My great-grandmother, Sarah Loader Harris Holman, died in March of 1942 and was a member of the Martin Handcart Company at the age of 12. She was honored by the DUP as the longest living member of the company. Does this conflict with the family record of your great-grandmother? --Paul Hoopes

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