A 40-Foot Cross Has Honored War Dead for

A 40-Foot Cross Has Honored War Dead for 90 Years. Is It Unlawful?

The New York Times

December 13, 2017

BLADENSBURG, Md. — Five miles from the United States Supreme Court, a 40-foot-tall World War I memorial in the shape of a cross has stood for nearly a century. Now, it is at the center of a battle over the separation of church and state that may end up on the court’s docket.

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