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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on May 24, 2016, 10:49:42 PM

Title: Memorial Day crosses honoring fallen soldiers removed from public property after
Post by: Ptarmigan on May 24, 2016, 10:49:42 PM: Memorial Day crosses honoring fallen soldiers removed from public property after complaint
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/24/memorial-day-crosses-honoring-fallen-soldiers-removed-from-public-property-after-complaint.html?intcmp=hplnws

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A Memorial Day display featuring crosses to honor fallen soldiers was removed from public property in Georgia after someone questioned whether the soldiers were all Christian.

The 79 white, handmade crosses posted on public property along state Highway 92 in Hiram, Ga., were meant to represent the 79 Paulding County residents who died in Americaâ€™s wars, according to town officials.

But the crosses were abruptly taken down last Friday after someone called Hiram City Hall questioning whether the cross is an appropriate symbol for the memorial.

Someone has WAY too much time! :mental:
Title: Re: Memorial Day crosses honoring fallen soldiers removed from public property after
Post by: thundley4 on May 25, 2016, 07:40:13 AM: Crosses were often used as common grave markers without regard to the religion of the deceased.
Title: Re: Memorial Day crosses honoring fallen soldiers removed from public property after
Post by: SighLass on May 25, 2016, 01:16:45 PM: What do they want to do, dig up the bodies and point them West? I think some enemies of war were actually buried that way.