Today we took a little day trip to some sites owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In particular, we went to Historic Liberty Jail and the Independence visitors center. The sisters working at both centers had just been transferred there so they were still learning about the site, but they were all incredibly kind. Brian and I actually ran into some of our former students from BYU.
Liberty Jail is where the Prophet Joseph Smith and four other spent a long and cold winter in the 1830s on charges of treason. He wrote several sections of the Book of Commandments while there, which became the Doctrine and Covenants.
Independence is the site where Community of Christ have a temple. The LDS church has a stake and visitor's center, and other religion also lays claim to a piece of that same 600 acres. At one point Independence was a center of LDS church gathering, along with Kirtland, Ohio.
Hannah is 19 months old and she wanted to run around. The tour guides were very tolerant of her. She tried to sneak under the fence at one of the exhibits and I caught her and pulled her back before she got too far away. She did not want to sit on my lap at all. There was a room at the Independence Center where children can play and she enjoyed that very much. Overall, through, I would say that these are both places better suited to children much older than she.
Liberty Jail is where the Prophet Joseph Smith and four other spent a long and cold winter in the 1830s on charges of treason. He wrote several sections of the Book of Commandments while there, which became the Doctrine and Covenants.
Independence is the site where Community of Christ have a temple. The LDS church has a stake and visitor's center, and other religion also lays claim to a piece of that same 600 acres. At one point Independence was a center of LDS church gathering, along with Kirtland, Ohio.
Hannah is 19 months old and she wanted to run around. The tour guides were very tolerant of her. She tried to sneak under the fence at one of the exhibits and I caught her and pulled her back before she got too far away. She did not want to sit on my lap at all. There was a room at the Independence Center where children can play and she enjoyed that very much. Overall, through, I would say that these are both places better suited to children much older than she.
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