Construction of the Winchester Virginia Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began Saturday, Aug. 9, after the church held a groundbreaking ceremony to dedicate the site.

A Saturday release states this ceremony was presided over by Elder Robert M. Daines of the church’s United States Northeast Area Presidency and was attended by numerous government and interfaith leaders, including Winchester Mayor Les Veach, Virginia State Delegate Bill Wiley, Reverend Bjorn Lundberg of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church and Pastor David Young of Bethel Lutheran Church.

Hundreds of Latter-day Saints also joined the ceremony in-person and via its online broadcast .

“Today is in part about what’s about to be built here, but it is also about what’s already been done,” said

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