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The monument on Hill Cumorah was designed by Torlief S. Knaphus in 1935 and made from granite and cast bronze. It stands 39 feet tall and at the base a plaque reads"\n\nThis monument has been erected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to commemorate the delivering of the ancient American record known as the "Book of Mormon" to the prophet Joseph Smith on September 22, 1827.\nThe figure on top of the shaft represents Moroni, the heavenly messenger who visited Josepg Smith. He is shown as though calling the inhabitants of earth to hear and to heed the gospel message and as holding in his left hand the plates from which the "Book of Mormon" was translated.\n\n\nThe west panel shows Moroni delivering the record to Joseph, the south panel depicts the angel of the Lord showing the record to three witnesses. The east panel depicts Joseph showing by permission, the record to eight other witnesses. The inscription on the northpanel is taken from the last section of the record called the "The Book of Moroni."\n\n\nThe shaft and the ornamentation thereon symbolize the administrative pattern of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which was organized by revelation April 6, 1830, in harmony with that of the original Christian chur The representation of lines of light flowing down the center symbolizes the president of the church. The pillars on each side, his two counselors. The design above the panel with twelve conventional lights represents the twelve apostles who are called to be special witnesses of Jesus Christ. A similar ornamentation on the corners symbolizes the the seven presidents of seventies who are special ambassadors to preach the gospel message. The ornamentation on the corners below the panels represents the presiding bishopric who officiate in temporal things.\n\nA monument to Moroni who in 421 A.D. buried a set of golden plates in Hill Cumorah. In 1827 Moroni returned to this hill as an angel and delivered the plates to J

The monument on Hill Cumorah was designed by Torlief S. Knaphus in 1935 and made from granite and cast bronze. It stands 39 feet tall and at the base a plaque reads"

This monument has been erected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to commemorate the delivering of the ancient American record known as the "Book of Mormon" to the prophet Joseph Smith on September 22, 1827.
The figure on top of the shaft represents Moroni, the heavenly messenger who visited Josepg Smith. He is shown as though calling the inhabitants of earth to hear and to heed the gospel message and as holding in his left hand the plates from which the "Book of Mormon" was translated.


The west panel shows Moroni delivering the record to Joseph, the south panel depicts the angel of the Lord showing the record to three witnesses. The east panel depicts Joseph showing by permission, the record to eight other witnesses. The inscription on the northpanel is taken from the last section of the record called the "The Book of Moroni."


The shaft and the ornamentation thereon symbolize the administrative pattern of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which was organized by revelation April 6, 1830, in harmony with that of the original Christian chur The representation of lines of light flowing down the center symbolizes the president of the church. The pillars on each side, his two counselors. The design above the panel with twelve conventional lights represents the twelve apostles who are called to be special witnesses of Jesus Christ. A similar ornamentation on the corners symbolizes the the seven presidents of seventies who are special ambassadors to preach the gospel message. The ornamentation on the corners below the panels represents the presiding bishopric who officiate in temporal things.

A monument to Moroni who in 421 A.D. buried a set of golden plates in Hill Cumorah. In 1827 Moroni returned to this hill as an angel and delivered the plates to J