165 years ago today - Dec 16, 1852

Thomas Ellerbeck writes that Young requests "the privilege of going in and out of the House without being molested by their rising" in his honor. About 100 years later this practice reemerges among Mormons to honor LDS president.

[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]

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