Today is the anniversary of Joseph and Hyrum Smith’s Martyrdom. In this video, Casey Griffiths and Scott Woodward travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, and to Nauvoo, Warsaw, and Carthage in Illinois to review the events that led up to the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. As they visit these sites, they discuss two questions: Why was Joseph murdered? And why do Joseph’s and Hyrum’s deaths mean so much today? Read more here: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-was-joseph-smith-murdere

Today marks the 175th anniversary of the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. President Russell M. Nelson said the following: “God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, literally appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith in April 1820. While this may be relatively unknown in the annals of history, yet it constituted an epochal event in the history of humanity—a profound demonstration of the love of God for all of His children. Because this milestone is of such importance, I would like to quote excerpts from th