Tuesday, June 9, 2009

What a wonderful experience!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The Bennett's have been here since Friday and I have just had such a great time. Sunday was the most amazing day, yet today was pretty far up there too! We drove to Salt Lake and visited the cemetery there. There are some AMAZING and influential people burried there. My maiden name is Richards...which is a very wealthy name in the church. Not wealthy money wise...I mean we go all the way back and there are a lot of us that are very important people. A lot of my family is in that cemetery and I just had the best time finding some of them. We got out of the car and took a few steps and it started raining. So we got back in the car and just drove around. We drove until we found a cool person and then stopped and got out to take a picture. Obviously there are a TON more people from the church burried there...we just found a few from the car. Here is who we found:
Photobucket(Willard Richards: A family member who was in the Carthage Jail with the Prophet Joseph Smith when he was shot and died)
Photobucket(The bottom of his head stone)
Photobucket(The backside of his head stone)
Photobucket(The monument for these people)
Photobucket(Where George Albert Smith was burried)
Photobucket(Orson Pratt)
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Photobucket(George F. Richards: One of my family members. This was his monument)
Photobucket(Where he was burried)
Photobucket(Nanny Longstroth Richards: Willard Richards wife)
Photobucket(The Hinckley monument)
Photobucket(Where his wife was burried)
Photobucket(Where the Prophet himself is burried)
Photobucket(The Hinckley's burried side by side by their monument)
Photobucket(David O. McKay's monument)
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Photobucket(Where David O. McKay is burried)
Photobucket(Joseph F. Smith close up)
Photobucket(Joseph F. Smith full length where he is burried)
Photobucket(Joseph Fielding Smith)
Photobucket(Hyrum Smith monument)

I am going to go back there again soon and spend a whole day there walking around. There are so many big people of our faith burried there and I want to see them all. It is the most amazing feeling to find one of them and stand right where their bodies lay. Absolutely AMAZING!

1 comment:

  1. It's important to remember that the Richard's by any means were not "big" or "wealthy" but very committed to living the truthfulness of the gospel! As many other really great people on this earth and buried there. But yes, the Richard's name is a great heritage to be proud of. Your ancestors did lots to bring for the the gospel for us. This is why none of you girls have middle names so you can keep the Richard's with you as you are married. The ancestors represented the Richard's name well!

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