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Day in the Life

Jul 4, 1877

Journal Entry

July 04, 1877 ~ Wednesday

July 4 1877 This is the anaversary of the 101 independence
[FIGURES] of the United States we had a celebration in the
Tabernacle but a far greater one in the Temple of the Lord
we gave Endowments to 150 persons 100 of them went for

Events

View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life.

August 19-21, 1877
Wilford's vision of Signers of Declaration of Independence; proxy baptisms for 100 Eminent Men and 68 Eminent Women under Wilford's direction.
August 22-24, 1877
Majority of endowments completed for Eminent Men and Women; some sealings also completed.

Jul 4, 1877