Railroad workers, business leaders, politicians and journalists were among those present at the golden spike ceremony on May 10, 1869. Several members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were there as well.
The woman faced one of hardest questions a single mother could face: How will I find a place to keep my children out of the rain? The solution required people from all over her island nation to help.
The Most Rev. Bashar Warda, the archbishop of Erbil in Iraq, accused Christian leaders in Britain of not doing enough to stop Christian persecution.
