And now it came to pass that when Moroni, who was the chief commander of the armies of the Nephites, had heard of these dissensions, he was angry with Amalickiah. And it came to pass that he rent his coat; and he took a piece thereof, and wrote upon it,
“In memory of our God,
our religion,
and freedom,
and our peace,
our wives,
and our children”
And he fastened it upon the end of a pole.