2003 Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family Reunion

Nauvoo, Illinois – August 7-10

Thursday evening (August 7) registration finalization and get acquainted reception took place in the Joseph Smith Academy, just to the west of the Nauvoo Temple. Each evening, family members are invited to see The City of Joseph pageant.

Friday and Saturday morning special programs were staged in the theatre of the Academy for all reunion participants.

Saturday afternoon, the family banquet was held in the Hotel Nauvoo Historic Inn.

Sunday morning was the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the nearby Carthage Jail during a family memorial.

2003 Smith Family Reunion wreath-laying memorial at the Carthage Jail – sitting in back is Hortense & Eldred G. Smith with Buddy Youngreen at the podium