Greg and Brent Retire the Flag at the ABQ Temple
Sunday, September 22, 2002


Albuquerque Temple lore (learned from the Temple Security Guard)...
There are four pellet gun holes in the window of the Celestial Room (it's bullet-proof glass, so it didn't break).
He's never had to take the flag down by himself (there's always a visitor on the temple grounds to help him).
Someone stole the temple's original flag. It cost $1500 to put a new one up.
Angel Moroni was originally on a 10 ft. pole (the residents didn't like it, so the church put the statue directly on the temple spire). They hope to add the pole the next time they clean Angel Moroni.
If the wind is 8 mph, the fountain runs half it's normal height. If the wind blows 12 mph the fountain turns completely off.
A temple worker took a picture of the fountain at night and when the picture was developed, they saw four distinct images in the fountain (maybe it was the three Nephites plus one!).
NOTE: Pictures were taken by Brooke!