‘Mormon Land’: Historian on J. Reuben Clark’s church, Gordon Hinckley’s Olympics, Russell Nelson’s reforms

Benjamin Park discusses “American Zion,” his new history of the LDS Church.

(George W. Reed via J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A large American flag hangs from the Salt Lake Temple commemorating Utah's statehood in 1896. Benjamin Park's new book notes this was the largest Old Glory to date, measuring 132 feet by 74 feet.

‘Mormon Land’: Historian on J. Reuben Clark’s church, Gordon Hinckley’s Olympics, Russell Nelson’s reforms

Benjamin Park discusses “American Zion,” his new history of the LDS Church.

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