07-02-2011, 07:12 AM
Descendants of massacre victims at a Utah site say the elevation of the Mountain Meadows area to national landmark status brings some healing.
The 760-acre site marks the spot where 120 members of an Arkansas wagon train were shot and killed on Sept. 11, 1857, by a Mormon militia.
Descendants of the Baker-Fancher wagon train have fought for years to memorialise their ancestors and to wrestle an apology from leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Those words have not come.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z1QwfDiy89
The 760-acre site marks the spot where 120 members of an Arkansas wagon train were shot and killed on Sept. 11, 1857, by a Mormon militia.
Descendants of the Baker-Fancher wagon train have fought for years to memorialise their ancestors and to wrestle an apology from leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Those words have not come.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z1QwfDiy89