What do you get when you combine martyrdom, relic worship, secret reburials, and a healing cane made from a coffin? Mormon history at its weirdest and most fascinating. In this special on-site episode of the Sunstone Mormon History Podcast, Lindsay and Bryan take you on a field trip into the curious afterlife of Joseph Smith’s …
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How the Spanish-American War Created the First Mormon Movies
During the Spanish-American War, Mormons made up almost an entire company of the famous Rough Riders. But they never made an appearance with Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba. Why was that? When the United States declared war on Spain in 1898, Mormons were still villainized as a cloistered, theocratic, patriarchal sect—anti-democratic and opposed to the fundamental …