Places & Buildings

Sacred Grove

  1. The stand of trees near Palmyra, New York, where Joseph Smith went to pray and received the First Vision in 1820.

Now a Church historic site open to visitors, the Sacred Grove marks where, Latter-day Saints believe, God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to the young Joseph Smith.

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