The stone had been on display at the governor s mansion in Quincy. The purchase was one of the most expensive acquisitions by the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History.
Few religions have their beginnings in America.
That alone is quite a phenomenon, not to mention the strength and growth the Mormon Church has shown. The stone is symbolic of the most persistent religious movement in American history. The sun stone was put on display a few feet from the original Star Spangled Banner at the museum s main entrance. In 1990 Ricks College in Rexburg Idaho put on display three stones that were originally part of the Nauvoo Temple. The largest stone was about three feet long.