“Palmyra, New York, USA,” Ensign, February 2020
The Church Is Here
Palmyra, New York, USA
Photograph by Anne Michelle Bailey
Many significant events in the early days of the Restoration took place in and around Palmyra, beginning with the First Vision in a grove by the Smith family home (replica shown above).
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Acres of wooded land that the Smith family purchased in 1817
100,000
People visit the Sacred Grove each year
3 miles (5 km)
From the Smith home to the Hill Cumorah
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First-edition copies of the Book of Mormon printed at the Grandin Print Shop in Palmyra
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Members when the Church was officially organized in Fayette, New York, 30 miles (48 km) from Palmyra
1820: The First Vision
1823: Angel Moroni visits Joseph Smith
1830: Book of Mormon published; Church officially organized on April 6
2000: Palmyra New York Temple dedicated on April 6