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BYU–Hawaii is celebrating the university’s 60 th anniversary with a new book titled BYU–Hawaii: Prophetic Destiny . Capitalizing on the foundational writings of historian Kenneth Baldridge, former BYU communications professor Alf Pratte and past BYU–Hawaii president Eric B. Shumway teamed up to write the full-color, illustrated history of BYU–Hawaii. This book begins with a chronology and tells the stories of its presidents, including important details of how the university came to be. The authors tell the story of young apostle David O. McKay’s 1921 visit to the Church elementary school in Laie, where he witnessed a flag ceremony by children of many nationalities. He envisioned a Church institution of higher learning in Laie. President McKay commissioned Reuben D. Law to build facilities, hire teachers, and begin classes. At the February 1955 groundbreaking ceremony, President McKay prophesied of the school’s global impact in training and preparing future leaders. Intersperse...

Left to right: Paul A. Hoffman (attorney), Devan Jensen (executive editor at BYU Religious Studies Center), Katherine Brimhall (Daughters of Utah Pioneers), Jackson Barlow (Eagle Scout in Alpine, Utah), and Elder Steven E. Snow (Church Historian and Recorder, November 11, 2015. Elder Steven E. Snow, Church Historian and Recorder, dedicated a new Daughters of Utah Pioneers plaque to Lt. Henry Wells Jackson, Utah's only known Civil War fatality. About a hundred people gathered for the ceremony at the Pioneer Memorial Museum in Salt Lake City on November 11, 2015. The plaque is attached to a Civil War Monument located across the street from the museum on the southwest corner of the Utah State Capitol grounds. This was an Eagle Scout project by Jackson Barlow of Alpine, Utah, to honor his namesake ancestor. Jackson, Dona, and David Barlow next to Henry Wells Jackson plaque at Civil War Monument on Utah State Capitol grounds. Following are links to articles about how the pla...