A long tradition of using crosses to honor those who died in war to protect their fellow citizens’ freedom could be at risk. It’s another reason why US Supreme Court justices are crucial because, right now, only the highest court can reverse a lower court’s decision that could affect war monuments across the nation. Dominated by a large stone cross, the memorial to Maryland men killed in World War I, known as Peace Cross, has stood in Bladensburg, Maryland, just outside Washington, DC since 1925.
“Not only will this monument have to be razed to the ground, but so will any monument that bears religious imagery or language on the side of it as well,” the religious rights lawyer predicted. That could include features in Arlington National Cemetery and maybe even its most famous site. “The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a World War I monument as well,” Dys noted. “And it says on the side, very famously, ‘Here lies a soldier known but to God.’ Who knows where this would end?” READ MORE
