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By Kent Larsen
Mormon Teens 'Expelled' in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA -- "Come on, Mormons, get outta here!" yelled one
of the mob. Armed with the proclamation signed by Missouri Governor Lilburn
W. Boggs in 1839, they were again driving the Mormons away. Only this time
the "Mormons" driven were teens in the Charleston South Carolina Stake and
the "mob" were just adult stake members trying to give them a history
lesson. "It's just to give them an idea of what it was like for the
pioneers, to be committed enough to pack up everything they own into [a
handcart.]"
Nearly 100 teens participated in the activity, which started yesterday at
the edge of the Francis Marion Forest, and lasts until Saturday. They
dressed in period clothing and were given about 15 minutes to pack their
belongings before having to push and pull 300-pound handcarts through the
forest all day.
The youth activity was to include a visit from the LDS Church's patriarch
emeritus Eldred G. Smith, 94, as they set up camp on Friday evening.
Source:
Mormon teens relive expulsions
Charleston SC Post and Courier 13Apr01 D1
By Dave Munday: The Post and Courier staff
Re-enactment gave youth a taste of harsh realities of pioneer life
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