Hill Cumorah Pageant won’t return, LDS Church announces

Pandemic causes cancellation of what was supposed to be the event’s grand finale.

(Courtesy Rulon Simmons)
Charles Bruce plays the role of Samuel the Lamanite in the Hill Cumorah Pageant in the 1990s.

(Courtesy Rulon Simmons) Charles Bruce plays the role of Samuel the Lamanite in the Hill Cumorah Pageant in the 1990s.

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