Peace Cross the latest target of Humanists ... The American Humanist Association filed a lawsuit to tear down the Bladensburg Peace Cross, a World War I memorial. According to Dane Weber, club manager at the Colmar Manor American Legion, the cross was maintained by a Hyattsville American Legion post until 1957 when the Prince Georges County Circuit Court transferred it to the state of Maryland, which then handed it off to the M-NCPPC to administer. Weber has lived just about all of his life in Colmar Manor, except for his service in Vietnam. He served as a door gunner on Army helicopters between 1967 and and 1969. During that time, Weber said he participated in some of the bloodiest conflicts of the war, including the Tet Offensive and the Battle of Saigon. Twice a year, Webers group attends memorial services at the Peace Cross. He doesnt understand why the AHA has singled out the Bladensburg memorial. Get a life. Do something. Why pick on the veterans? Probably the majority of them have never been in the service, or if they were they werent on the front lines said Weber.... All crosses are not necessarily about God, said Weber. You find a lot of cemeteries, especially in Europe for World War II, and they put crosses on them, just to honor the people who died there.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:05:36 +0000
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