LDS Church to celebrate Woodruff's birthday

The 200th birthday of Wilford Woodruff will be commemorated at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square.

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Two Prophets on List of Top 100 in Nation

As scholars continue to examine the impact of America's homegrown religious figures, a panel of historians has placed both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young on its list of the 100 Most Influential Americans of all time.

The list is the cover story in the December issue of Atlantic magazine, and ranks Joseph Smith — "the founder of Mormonism, America's most famous homegrown faith" — at No. 52, and his successor as LDS Church president — Brigham Young — at No. 74.

"What Joseph Smith founded, Young preserved," the magazine said, "leading the Mormons to their promised land." (See the list at www.theatlantic.com/doc/200612/influentials)

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