Latest from Mormon Land: Remembering the ‘other’ 9/11 — the bloodiest stain on the faith’s history
The Mountain Meadows Massacre, unleashed by LDS militiamen, claimed 120 lives 164 years ago. on Sept. 11, 1857.
(The Salt Lake Tribune) Wooden crosses in 2007 adorn the Mountain Meadows Massacre memorial site in southern Utah. Sept. 11 marks the 164th anniversary of the massacre.
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