This Day In History......

On May 27th, 1850 the Mormon Temple in Nauvoo IL is destroyed by a tornado.
The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple to be completed by members of the Latter Day Saint or Mormon movement. The first temple was completed in Kirtland, Ohio.
After the temple was vandalized by residents from neighboring Carthage and later burned, Brigham Young led the Mormons from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City. Years later, the temple was struck by a tornado and the City Council eventually ordered the demolition of the remaining walls in the interests of public safety.
In 2002, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints built a new temple on the site of the original. The exterior is a replica of the first temple, but the interior is laid out like a modern Latter-day Saint temple.