Church History Department employees discuss the "ultimate goal" of preserving historic sites — to connect people, places and events to the Savior.

The first two single sister missionaries reached England in 1898; today there is a wave of sister missionaries going at age 18.

One of the surviving Nauvoo Temple sunstones — a treasured historic artifact — is now on display in the new Nauvoo Temple Visitors' Center.

In a new Church News video, Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks about the significance of Nauvoo and June 27 in Church history.

Church leaders have encouraged members to study about moral agency and how the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence support religious liberty.

After the Nauvoo Temple Visitors' Center, Elder Gerrit W. Gong and other Church leaders responded to questions from news media about visiting historic sites, Joseph Smith and the need to "touch grass" in sacred places.

Elder Gerrit W. Gong and other Church leaders visited Carthage Jail on the 182nd anniversary of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.

Elder Gerrit W. Gong dedicated the new Nauvoo Temple Visitors’ Center and rededicated the restored Brigham and Mary Ann Young Home on June 27, a historic day in Latter-day Saint history.

Before the center's dedication, Matt Grow and Juanita Coleman discuss the purpose behind the new Nauvoo Temple Visitors' Center and its exhibits.

Joseph Smith’s letters and revelations while imprisoned teach us to be optimistic and comforted, writes Church News reporter Mary Richards.