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    Golden statue now perched atop Tucson Mormon temple

    • Jul 7, 2016
    • Jul 7, 2016 Updated Jan 25, 2018
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    Watch a time lapse of a statue of the angel Moroni hoisted to the top of Tucson's new Mormon temple. Johanna Willett/ Arizona Daily Star 2016

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    Golden statue placed atop Mormon temple in Tucson

    Golden statue placed atop Mormon temple in Tucson

    9-foot-tall angel Moroni made of fiberglass, covered in golden leaf. 

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