LDS (Mormon) Church History Tour July 2013

• published: 18 Aug 2013
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Day 1 - ROCHESTER Fly to Rochester, New York. Take the complimentary shuttle to your hotel to rest and overnight prior to beginning your exciting and informative Church History tour. Day 2 --HILL CUMORAH - GRANDIN PRESS-- SACRED GROVE -- SMITH FARM - HILL CUMORAH PAGEANT Our tour will begin by climbing the Hill Cumorah and touring the Visitor Center there. Next we visit the Grandin Printing Press, where the first copies of the Book of Mormon were printed and the Martin Harris farm. We'll spend the afternoon in Palmyra visiting the Smith Farm and the Sacred Grove as well as the Palmyra Temple. After our welcome dinner we'll gather for the the wonderful Hill Cumorah Pageant. (B,D) Day 3 --PETER WHITMER FARM -- HARMONY In the morning we'll travel through the Finger Lakes region to the Peter Whitmer farm, where the Church was organized on April 6, 1830. We'll have some time to reflect on the history of the church in New York as we drive to Harmony, Pennsylvania where we will stand on the banks of the Susquehanna and as we review the miracle of the restoration of the Priesthood. (B) Day 4 -- KIRTLAND TEMPLE -- CEMETERY In the morning we will travel toward Kirtland stopping for lunch overlooking lake Erie. Once in Kirtland we will tour the historic Kirtland Temple, owned by the Community of Christ. We will also take time to visit the cemetery in Kirtland, reviewing the lives of some of the saints who are buried there. We'll overnight near Kirtland. (B) Day 5 -- NEWEL WHITNEY STORE- ISAAC MORLEY FARM - JOHN JOHNSON FARM Today we will visit the Isaac Morley farm before we tour the LDS Visitor Center where guides will take you to the Sawmill, the Johnson Historic Hotel, and the Newel K. Whitney store, where you will have the opportunity to sit in the actual room where the School of the Prophets took place. Then, we will continue our way south to the John Johnson Farm, where Joseph Smith was dragged from his bed and savagely tarred and feathered. In the evening, we will enjoy a lovely dinner with the Amish in Charm, Ohio. We will stay the night at an Amish Bed & Breakfast. (B) Day 6 -- SPRINGFIELD We will spend some time on our motor coach this day as we travel across Ohio and Indiana into Illinois. We'll stay the night in Springfield, Illinois and have dinner in Abraham Lincoln's hometown. (B) Day 7 -- CARTHAGE JAIL -- NAUVOO We drive this morning to Carthage, Illinois. We'll visit the Visitors Center and jail where the life of Joseph and his faithful brother Hyrum were taken by assassins. We will then continue on our way to Joseph's City, Nauvoo. In Nauvoo we'll visit the LDS Visitor's Center, take a horse drawn wagon tour through the streets of Nauvoo, experience the Nauvoo Fair and see the Nauvoo Pageant before spending the night at the Nauvoo Inn. (B) Day 8 -- NAUVOO We'll begin our day with a special Temple session for our group. After lunch we'll go back in time to 'Old Nauvoo' and see the Browning gun shop, bakery and Family Living Center where all the old crafts are demonstrated. After dinner we'll visit the cemetery, the Red Brick Store and Joseph Smith's grave. We'll also see the granite quarry where the stones for the temple were taken and walk the Trail of Hope as we appreciate the majestic Temple, high on a bluff, symbolically facing the west. We will stay the night again at the Nauvoo Inn. (B) Day 9 -- JAMESPORT -- ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN - FAR WEST Today will begin with a drive to Adam-ondi-Ahman, stopping in Hannibal, the home town of Mark Twain. After lunch we'll explore the ancient past and the foretold future, where they come together in this lush valley. Next we'll pass by the tragic site of Haun's Mill, where a terrible massacre took place October 30th, 1838. You'll then travel on to Far West to view the temple cornerstone and learn the significance of the Lord's Promised Land. Our final stop will be Liberty Jail. Here we will share in the despair and the exhilaration of the Prophet Joseph as he received some of our most hallowed revelations while he was incarcerated there. Our day ends with a farewell dinner in Liberty where we stay the night. (B,D) Day 10 - INDEPENDENCE -- REMNANT CHURCH - TEMPLE LOT -- LIBERTY JAIL Our last day will be spent in Independence, Missouri, the place prophesied as the location of the New Jerusalem in the final days of this earth. You will stand on the ground where these events will occur. We will visit the Remnant RLDS church headquarters as well as the Community of Christ temple and conference center, and the empty lot, where one day a magnificent Temple will be built by the remnant of the House of Israel. Finally, we will tour the LDS Church Visitor's Center in Independence before our motor coach conveys us to the airport.