Does the LDS Church recognize the Mountain Meadows Massacre?

For a century and a half the Mountain Meadows Massacre has shocked and distressed those who have learned of it. read more

144 years to the day before the “Twin Towers” attack on September 11, 2001, the “Mountain Meadows Massacre” was committed by self-named “Saints” of the “Latter Days.” A gross, bloodied, contrived and twisted mess. read more

For a century and a half the Mountain Meadows Massacre has shocked and distressed those who have learned of it. The tragedy has deeply grieved the victims’ relatives, burdened the perpetrators’ descendants and Church members generally with sorrow and feelings of collective guilt, unleashed criticism on the Church, and raised painful, difficult questions. read more

Church officials and three organizations of descendants — the Mountain Meadows Monument Foundation, Mountain Meadows Association and Mountain Meadows Massacre Descendants — have worked to heal old wounds. The Church, which owns much of the massacre site land, announced its plans to seek national landmark status in 2008. read more