1923 Celebration of Cumorah/Ramah
BYU Studies has an outstanding article about the 1923 celebration at the Hill Cumorah/Ramah. You can read it here. https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/pilgrimage-palmyra-president-b-h-roberts-and-eastern-states-missions-1923-commemoration The following excerpt shows how Church leaders believed and taught that the hill in western New York was the site of the final battles of the Jaredites and Nephites, just as their predecessors and successors in Church leadership have consistently taught. Because the Church was still several years away from purchasing the entire Hill Cumorah, conference organizers secured special permission from non–Latter-day Saint Pliny T. Sexton, owner and proprietor of the hill and surrounding farmland, to hold ceremonies on his property. 87 The missionaries and members made their way, flags in hand, to the top of the hill while the sun peeked over the eastern horizon. When everyone summited, the appointed “Flag Sergeants” erected America’s nationa...
