I've broken down the history of the Mormon Church in 50 objects to help tell parts of the story. Hope you enjoy.
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What objects will carry the Church into the future? Let's discuss.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the priesthood ban on African AmericansJoe Hawkins
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Details around the role the Church's pavilion played in the worlds fairJoe Hawkins
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History on the wheat project and the beginnings of the welfare programJoe Hawkins
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Details around the emergence of the largest genealogical society in the worldJoe Hawkins
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Details around the manifesto to end polygamy in the LDS ChurchJoe Hawkins
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Details around the emergence of a new book of scripture in 1880Joe Hawkins
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Details around the Utah War of 1857Joe Hawkins
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Details around the reformation of 1856-57Joe Hawkins
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Details around the creation and placement of the Deseret Stone on the Washington Monument.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the creation of the Church's choir and their successes.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the 1848 harvest and the challenges involved in the Salt Lake ValleyJoe Hawkins
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Details around the final push to Utah!Joe Hawkins
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Details around the organization and trek of the famous Mormon BattalionJoe Hawkins
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Details around the Mormon voyage from New York to San FranciscoJoe Hawkins
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Details around the Mormons expulsion from Nauvoo and the preparations for their trek west.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the succession crisis after the death of the prophet Joseph Smith in 1844.Joe Hawkins
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History around the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum SmithJoe Hawkins
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Details around the creation of the Nauvoo Temple PlansJoe Hawkins
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Details around the beginnings of plural marriage in the Mormon ChurchJoe Hawkins
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Details around the emergence of the Mormon Relief Society and the role the Nauvoo relief society minute book played in it.Joe Hawkins
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Details around Orson Hyde's visit to Jerusalem and his dedication of the Holy LandJoe Hawkins
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Details around the emergence of the ritual of baptism for the dead within the Mormon ChurchJoe Hawkins
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Details around the creation of the Nauvoo Charter and its role in the Nauvoo periodJoe Hawkins
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Details around Joseph Smith's historic visit to Washington DC and meeting with the president of the United States. Also, how did the law of Common Consent come about?Joe Hawkins
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Details around the day of miracles in the early Nauvoo periodJoe Hawkins
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Details around the Liberty Jail period. Why Joseph Smith was sent there and how the Mormons faired in Missouri.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the last days for the Mormons in MissouriJoe Hawkins
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Details around the history of the Kirtland Safety Society and the Mormon great apostasyJoe Hawkins
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Details around the emergence of the modern day fast and testimony meetingJoe Hawkins
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Details around why Mormons obey a word of wisdom and how it came about.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the first missionaries to England and the emergence of the first Mormon chapelJoe Hawkins
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Details around the building and dedication of the first Mormon temple in Kirtland OhioJoe Hawkins
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Details about how the Joseph Smith and the Mormons released the Doctrine and Covenants to the ChurchJoe Hawkins
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Details around the creation and production of the first Mormon hymn book, including what Emma sacrificed to bring it about.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the organization of the Mormons efforts to redeem Zion in Jackson County Missouri in 1834Joe Hawkins
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Details around the mormons expulsion from Jackson County and the secret constitution that drove itJoe Hawkins
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Details around the 1832 attack on Joseph Smith and the history of tarring and featheringJoe Hawkins
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Details around how the Mormons landed in Independence Missouri, why they chose it as Zion and how the Plat of Zion was a blueprint for city building across the American West.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the Law of Consecration. How it affected early Mormons and how it affects them todayJoe Hawkins
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Details around the call to gather in Kirtland Ohio.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the what Moroni symbolizes to the early Mormons and the work it inspired to the American IndiansJoe Hawkins
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Why was Joseph Smith arrested in June of 1830? What did the arrest symbolize and mean for the growing Church? Exploring the details around that arrest, the trial and the symbolism of it all.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the first handbook in the Mormon Church. How it was created, used, lost and than rediscovered and their role in the organization of the Mormon ChurchJoe Hawkins
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Details around the printing of the first copies of the Book of Mormon and it's role in the ChurchJoe Hawkins
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Details around the Mormon restoration of the priesthood and it's role in the history of the Mormon ChurchJoe Hawkins
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Details around what happened to the 116 pages and what they may have contained.Joe Hawkins
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Details and history around the Urim and Thummim and it's role in the Mormon ChurchJoe Hawkins
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Details around how Joseph Smith got the gold plates, how he used them and where they went.Joe Hawkins
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Details around the first object in the history of the Mormon Church, the seer stoneJoe Hawkins
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