Landmark sought for massacre site
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The Mormon Church said it will seek National Historic Landmark status for Mountain Meadows, the site near St. George where 120 people were massacred on their way to California in 1857.
The Mountain Meadows Massacre Descendants, the Mountain Meadows Assn. and the Mountain Meadows Monument Foundation had asked the church to pursue landmark status for the site. The announcement was a major shift after church leaders had rejected similar appeals in 1999 and 2007.
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