But it was a thrill, and I'll never forget it.” The first time I stepped out there, I didn't know if I could do it.

Of his experience with the Choir, he told Deseret News, “I’ve done nothing like that, with that wonderful choir behind me and all those people in front of me. He shared the touching history of-and amazing World War II connections to-the classic Christmas songs, “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “I’ll Be Home For Christmas.” Later that year, McCullough served as the guest narrator for The Tabernacle Choir’s annual Christmas concert. You can read more about McCullough’s visit and remarks on Church Newsroom. The story of the Latter-day Saints, of Joseph Smith, of Brigham Young, and that incredible migration here is a great American story.” “You are caring for a national treasure here. He also expressed appreciation for what he called the “epic” story of the Latter-day Saints. Not just as members of the Church but as citizens.” And if we don’t do it we are not fulfilling our responsibility as citizens. “You are truly doing the Lord’s work because it matters.

According to Church Newsroom, McCullough praised the historians in attendance for providing a tremendous service to the country. In 2009, McCullough visited the soon-to-be-dedicated new Church History Library in Salt Lake City.

You can read and listen to McCullough’s full BYU forum address from 2005 on BYU Speeches. They were not perfect they were imperfect-that’s what’s so miraculous.” … And I hope when you read about the American Revolution and the reality of those people that you will never think of them again as just figures in a costume pageant or as gods. “I hope you do this not just because it will make you a better citizen, and it will not just because you will learn a great deal about human nature and about cause and effect in your own lives, as well as the life of the nation, which you will but as a source of strength, as an example of how to conduct yourself in difficult times-and we live in very difficult times, very uncertain times. “I hope very much that those of you who are studying history here will pursue it avidly, with diligence, with attention,” he said.

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