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Filed in: American Heritage | by Matthew Clark | 4:03 PM Nov. 12, 2012
Mojave Desert Cross Rededicated on Veterans Day
A historic war memorial known as the Mojave Desert Cross was returned to its rightful place in a fitting Veterans Day ceremony at Sunrise Rock. The nearly 80-year-old war memorial cross had been at the center of a decade-long legal battle as the ACLU sought to have it removed from what was then federal land. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, and the high Court overturned a lower court ruling which had held the cross unconstitutional. Earlier this year, a settlement was reached tr... Continue Reading
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Filed in: Mt. Soledad Cross | by Matthew Clark | 5:56 PM Jun. 25, 2012
Supreme Court Denial Puts War Memorial Cross in Jeopardy
The Supreme Court’s denial today of a pair of cases, Mount Soledad Memorial Associate v. Trunk and United States v. Trunk, puts a nearly 60-year-old war memorial in jeopardy, but there is still hope. The legal battle surrounding this memorial to our nation’s veterans has raged for decades. At issue, the war memorial contains a cross. In 2006, Congress took the memorial by eminent domain from the city of San Diego because a court threatened to shut it down. At the time, Congress not... Continue Reading
Filed in: Mt. Soledad Cross | by Jay Sekulow | 2:49 PM Mar. 14, 2012
Defending Mt. Soledad Cross Memorial at Supreme Court
You can never predict if the U.S. Supreme Court will take a case. But if there was ever a decision that needs to be overturned - it's this one. Last year, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declared that the federal government's operation of the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego is unconstitutional because it includes a commemorative cross. The full appeals court refused to take up the case, despite objections from several members of the court. Thi... Continue Reading
Filed in: ACLJ | by Jay Sekulow | 2:19 PM Nov. 11, 2011
A Tribute to Our Veterans & Troops
It is a day to honor those men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces - the veterans - those still serving - a day to honor their sacrifice and service in protecting our freedoms, our way of life. As you may know, this special day dates back to the end of World War I fighting in 1918 - then called Armistice Day. In 1938, the day was enshrined by the U.S. Congress as a day dedicated to world peace in honor of World War I veterans. Of course, over the years, Veterans Day took on even greater signific... Continue Reading