165 years ago today - Feb 20, 1851

[Wilford Woodruff] 20th I spent the day in Council. Had a good time. Was Anointed & Blessed under the Hands of President Young.

[Endowment ceremony is again administered on regular basis since coming west, in such places as Brigham Young's office and upper room of Council House.]

[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies; The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn]

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