Woodzulu wrote:I enjoy Nauvoo. My family has gone there every year for the past 8 years. We participated in the pageant last year and we are heading back tomorrow to do so again this year. I have not seen any animosity between either the locals or the LDS. In fact they have let us rehearse in the Jr High every year. They allow us to camp at their sites free (pageant cast). I rather think they enjoy the attention it gets on a yearly basis and they do like the boost in the economy. Many locals and other churches help with setting up for the pageant and the country fair. Here is a link from a recent article in the Keokuk Daily News. http://www.dailygate.com/articles/2011/ ... 725191.txt
Some local (non members) are even in the cast this year. It does not matter if you feel you do not have a connection to Nauvoo historically or culturally but if you are a Latter-day Saint it is a part of our heritage just by being members in the church. Hope this will help clear up some confusion.
It is the Keokuk Daily Gate City. Perhaps if you were to interview those who studiously ignore the pageant you would get some different opinions. Yes, it helps the economy, that is why they tolerate it.
There have always been those who are LDS-friendly. Most of the ones who are so come from families who have moved to the area more recently. Families with continuous deep roots in the area generally do not participate. They generally follow Abraham Lincoln's advice.
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Maybe you and some others should go and talk with locals who have lived in the Nauvoo area for a long time. Non l-dsinc folks. Not saying or displaying your Mormon affiliation.
You will find many who do not like being told 'we will take everything here and make it ours' and similar sentiments. It is easy to see how Mormons were not liked with this attitude which many still openly display in and surrounding Nauvoo. The Mormons come in and many make it known they are 'better' than everyone else.
There is a divide there and it is not the fault of the long time residents and farmers.
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MCB wrote:It is the Keokuk Daily Gate City. Perhaps if you were to interview those who studiously ignore the pageant you would get some different opinions. Yes, it helps the economy, that is why they tolerate it.
There have always been those who are LDS-friendly. Most of the ones who are so come from families who have moved to the area more recently. Families with continuous deep roots in the area generally do not participate. They generally follow Abraham Lincoln's advice.
Well, after years and years of the pageant, people in the surrounding areas would begin to show a lack of interest. However, since there is freedom in america to hold pageants, most people would not really care one way or the other. People come into town as tourists, buy all sorts of things, and then leave. At the end of the day, many businesses depend on the celebration. Thus, it is a good thing for Nauvoo.
You need to open your mind to diversity and give your antimormonism a break.
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Joseph wrote:Maybe you and some others should go and talk with locals who have lived in the Nauvoo area for a long time. Non l-dsinc folks. Not saying or displaying your Mormon affiliation.
The Mormons come in and many make it known they are 'better' than everyone else.
There is a divide there and it is not the fault of the long time residents and farmers.
Amen to that.
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Huckelberry said: I see the order and harmony to be the very image of God which smiles upon us each morning as we awake.
Joseph wrote:You will find many who do not like being told 'we will take everything here and make it ours' and similar sentiments. It is easy to see how Mormons were not liked with this attitude which many still openly display in and surrounding Nauvoo. The Mormons come in and many make it known they are 'better' than everyone else.
This happens everywhere outsiders come and buy up the land. It's certainly not only the Mormons who do this.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
why me wrote:You need to open your mind to diversity
Sounds interesting.
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1. It was called 'Commerce' before the Mormons bought it. 2. It was the location for the introduction of the second anointing ordinance. 3. It was the location of the first expulsion from the Church for Polygamy (Bennett) at a time when Smith himself was practicing Polygamy. 4. It was where Smith illegally destroyed the printing press that was about to expose his secret Polygamy. 5. It's where the schism started that formed the variety of Mormon sects.
Yep, Nauvoo is an integral part of Mormon heritage...
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Just an update. Nauvoo pageant is going strong with many locals being part of the support. An example of this is; whoever is doing the concession stand and whatever group is volunteering that night gets the profits some of these groups are other church's, youth groups, lions club etc. Last nights opening prayer was given by a non-member the director of the Community of Christ.
I am posting this to clarify that it is not an attitude of the snobbish visiting LDS are taking over but of mutual interest with respect on both sides. There is some demonstrating at the entry gates near the parking but that is very minimal. In fact we had one person who was handing out anti pamphlets invited in to be part of the bagpipe parade and flag carrying group he accepted and afterwards he was given a tour of the stage and underneath it to see all the workings etc.
In today's district meeting we had a direct descendant of Joseph Smith and her son speak to us on how they converted to the church the attitude of most of Josephs descendants etc. A very wonderful meeting.