Church History

Answers to Church History Questions

  • Contents

  • Lessons from the Mountain Meadows Massacre

  • Lessons from the Latter-day Saint Pioneer Trek

  • Learning from the Latter-day Saint Pioneer Story

  • American Indians and Latter-day Saint Pioneers

  • Book of Abraham Translation

  • Joseph Smith’s Vision of Heaven

  • Questions and Answers about the Hawn’s Mill Massacre

  • Seer Stones and the Translation of the Book of Mormon

  • The Kirtland Bank: Q&A

  • The Law of Consecration

  • The Restoration of the Priesthood Authority and Organization

  • Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Polygamy

  • Mormon Polygamy Q and A

  • The Manifesto and the End of Polygamy

  • The Word of Wisdom: Development and Practice

Questions and Answers about the Hawn’s Mill Massacre


Questions and Answers about the Hawn’s Mill Massacre

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Historians Jenny Lund and Emily Utt discuss the impact of the Hawn’s Mill Massacre on LDS memory, whether or not it could have been avoided, and the meaning of the massacre for Latter-day Saints today.