A Conversation Across Time: Sitting Down with George Washington

There are moments in a historian’s life when the past feels especially close—when the voices we’ve studied for years seem almost within reach. Today, I invite you into one of those moments. Imagine, if you will, a quiet room, a simple wooden chair, and across from me sits the man so often called the Father of Our Country: General George Washington.

Kay Godfrey

Kay Godfrey is a period historian of the life of the prophet Joseph Smith.

He is a graduate of Brigham Young University.  He holds degrees in Historic Archaeology and Anthropology as well as Law Enforcement and Justice Administration.

He has studied and researched the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith for over 45 years.  He has done extensive “on-site” research in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri.  He has spoken to the issue of the “Trials of the Prophet Joseph” at numerous symposiums in Nauvoo, Il. and Independence, Mo. He has edited books and videos for various authors on the historical accuracy of materials pertaining to Joseph Smith.  Kay serves on numerous boards and foundations such as Ancient American Archaeology, Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation, the Foundation for Indigenous Research and Mormonism and the Nauvoo, Illinois, and Topsfield, Massachusetts Historical Societies.