The Manhattan Temple Dedication
Part 10:  The Cornerstone Ceremony (continued)

A Photographic Essay

By Scot and Maurine Proctor

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This choir of eight produced an amazing sound and touched everyone in the room.

President Hinckley talked briefly about what we were doing here and what a significant day this was.  He also invited any who desired to also put a little ‘mud’ or mortar on the coverstone to come forward and do so.

Not missing a beat, President Hinckley paused briefly before he left and personally thanked the choir for their extraordinary music.

Children and families were excited to participate in this part.  Cameras were snapping away and memories were put in place.

These children were very intense using the trowels and putting the mortar on the coverstone.

One of the ushers also wanted to participate.

Details of one fourteen year old girl’s hands as she participated in putting ‘mud’ on the coverstone.

Former New York Public Affairs missionary, LaVell Edwards, also participated in the day’s events.

LaVell and Patti Edwards pause for the cameras at the end of the ceremony.  They served for 18 months in this very building and played a role in the public relations concerning the coming of the temple.

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Scot and Maurine Proctor, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Meridian Magazine, pause briefly to pose with three of their children, Lucas (22), Mariah (14) and Michaela (9), at the coverstone of the Manhattan New York Temple.

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