Moroni Day 2026

Every September, Latter-day Saints around the world focus momentarily on Moroni's visit to Joseph Smith. 

This means people will be wondering, yet again, why the hill in New York is called the Hill Cumorah.

Well-informed Latter-day Saints know the reason: Moroni himself identified the hill as Cumorah the first time he visited Joseph Smith. 

But because some LDS scholars and their followers choose to believe (and teach) that the "real Cumorah" is somewhere else (Mesoamerica, Baja, Peru, etc.). Because these M2C and B2C influencers have considerable control over what Latter-day Saints know, the historical sources about Cumorah are not well know. 

A good example of this is a recent podcast by Scripture Central commemorating Moroni Day, which I discussed here:

https://scripturecentralpeerreviews.blogspot.com/2026/09/moroni-day-podcast-good-and-not-so-good.html

Despite the problems with that podcast, Scripture Central is much improved lately, having adopted a relatively neutral position on the setting of the Book of Mormon.

By contrast, to the extent they mention Cumorah at all, the M2Cers and B2Cers will do all they can in their podcasts, blogs, articles, etc. to lead Latter-day Saints to mistrust and reject the teachings of the prophets about Cumorah. 

But the rest of us can celebrate Moroni Day 2026 by reading and sharing all the historical sources with no problems. Here are some useful links:

https://www.mobom.org/cumorah-overview

https://www.mobom.org/cumorah-in-general-conference

On my LetterVII blog, I suggested people could celebrate by reading and sharing Letter IV.

https://www.lettervii.com/2026/09/moroni-day-2026-how-to-celebrate.html

BTW, if you're a day late celebrating Moroni Day, you're probably okay. We recognize September 21st as the date, but Joseph himself said it was likely after midnight, so on the 22nd.

:)