Both U.S. and LDS History at Temple Dedication

President Eyring broke ground for the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple on Sept. 17, 2011. The date marked Constitution Day — an observance that recognizes the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution.

Now — just over 240 years after members of the Second Continental Congress assembled in the city to sign and adopt the Declaration of Independence — President Eyring dedicated the Philadelphia temple.