Item Detail
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18107
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Journal Article
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English
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Smoot, L. Douglas
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"Was it for Sins That We Have Done This" : Two Grave Marker Poems by John D Lee
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Mormon Historical Studies
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2006
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7
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1-2
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2006
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103-112
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Two grave markers located on land once owned by John D. Lee contain poems written by Lee. One of the headstones records the death of two of his children and the second is for his first wife, Aggatha Ann Woollsey Lee. The author recorded the poems and took pictures of the headstones while camping with family and friends. Smoot wonders if some of the wording in the poems alludes to the Mountain Meadows Massacre.