Sharon Vermont

We made it to Royalton - which is not far from Sharon and is where the Vermont Law School is.

Eaton's Restaurant in Royalton. Good food, good company!

Missionary couples.

Made it to Sharon Vermont!

Sign where you turn to go to the monument.

Statue inside the visitors' center.

At the base of the monument.

In memory of this great prophet, a granite monument was dedicated on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The shaft was sculpted from a single granite block quarried in Barre, Vermont, and is one of the largest polished shafts in the world. It stands 38 1/2 feet tall, one foot for every year of the Prophet Joseph Smith's life. The shaft weighs 40 tons.

The grounds.



Thought that maybe you would be able to read the plague - but looks a little hard to read. It says the following:

BIRTHPLACE OF JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET
December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844

This plaque marks the place in the old Solomon Mack home where rested the family hearthstone (27X54 inches) now preserved in the New Bureau of Information 200 feet Southeast from here. Around this hearthstone and its glowing fireplace, two days before Christmas 1805, the smith family washed dessed and cuddled the future organizer of “God’s kingdom restores”
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December 23 1963

This would have been what the original home would have looked like.

I'm pretty sure the stone by the chair is from the foundation of the original home.

Elder and Sister Excell work in the Boston Mission in Employment (they are under our Employment Center) and so we work with them some. They invited us to go to Sharon Vermont (birthplace of Joseph Smith Jr.) May 22nd with them and the couple missionaries in the Boston Mission. Of course, we couldn't turn down an offer like that! And we are soooooo glad that we went. It was a great experience!! At the visitors' center, they also had a display of Sculptures done by Angela Johnson, think it was titled "Come Unto Christ" and was absolutely amazing. Elder and Sister Excell are awesome - we really have enjoyed getting to know them.