January 4th is “National Trivia Day” in the USA. [You're welcome
to play along no matter where you live]. It seems only
appropriate I should share some interesting Mormon Trivia. So,
here’s everything you need to know, and more, about: THE ANGEL
MORONI STATUE A large majority of Latter-day Saint (“Mormon”)
Temples across the world have a gold-leaf statue perched on the
top spire. The statue depicts a man in flowing robes blowing a
trumpet. This recognizable Mormon symbol represents a heavenly
messenger [angel] named Moroni, who appeared to the first
Latter-day prophet Joseph Smith , visiting on several occasions.
Moroni showed Joseph where the records of an ancient American
civilization were buried, which were translated into the Book of
Mormon. [extra trivia tidbit: the prophet Mormon which the book
is named after and where Latter-day Saints get their nickname,
was Moroni's father] AN EARLY ANGEL: The first angel placed on
an LDS temple was the original Nauvoo Illinois Temple built in
the 1840′s and destroye