Tour 1 – “Pioneers and a President”
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

This is a full-day bus tour of historic Independence. Attendees will meet “Harry S. Truman,” drive through his neighborhood, and visit the Truman Presidential Library and Museum. Attendees will then have lunch and a tour of the pre-civil war, Bingham-Waggoner Estate, and visit to the National Frontier Trails Museum. The tour will conclude with a one-hour wagon tour hearing the tales of early Missouri settlers and responses from the Saints. Tour registration includes bus and wagon transportation, lunch, all entrance and guide fees. Tour is limited to one bus.

Tour 2 – “Divergent Paths in Zion”
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

The second tour is a five-hour tour of Independence lead by Historian Steven Shields, author of Divergent Paths of the Restoration. Independence is the “center place” of Zion for seventeen different groups in the Latter Day Saint movement. The tour introduces nine important “divergent paths” sites, including the headquarters of nine Latter Day Saint denominations, with site papers and tours o some of their headquarter buildings. Tour registration includes bus transportation, tour fees, and box lunch. Tour is limited to one bus. Attendees of this tour may also register for tour 3 (afternoon session).