Lafayette hillside memorial

Lafayette hillside memorial

The Lafayette Hillside Memorial is a collection of crosses, accompanied by a large sign, in Lafayette, California. The crosses are intended to serve as a memorial for United States soldiers killed in the Iraq War, with the sign containing a running total of the death count. The monument began to raise controversy in November 2006.

The hill, overlooking State Route 24 in Contra Costa County, is owned by 81 year old Louise Clark and her husband, Johnson Clark, a WWII veteran. The monument was erected in late 2003 by Jeffrey Heaton, a long running anti-war protestor, and Clark. Their first 15 crosses were quickly removed by vandals. In November 2006 Heaton and Clark re-added the crosses onto Clark's property, this time with 300 crosses and a large sign that read: "In Memory of 2839 U.S. Troops Killed In Iraq".cite web
url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/20/MNG0DMGE091.DTL
title = Iraq war memorial sets tempers ablaze
accessdate =
accessmonthday = November 26
accessyear = 2006
author = Jason B. Johnson
date = November 20, 2006
publisher = San Francisco Chronicle
page = A-1The sign has been defaced twice. It was first knocked down by a Marine Sergeant, enraged by perceived anti-war bias. On another occasion, the sign was painted over with black tar. Both times the sign was returned to its prior condition.] By February 26th, 2007 the number of crosses, mixed with a few Stars of David, Islamic crescents and other religious symbols, had passed 2500 in number.cite web
url = http://kcbs.com/pages/265336.php?contentType=4&contentId=348123
title = More Crosses Erected at Lafayette Memorial
accessmonthday = February 26
accessyear = 2007
author = Doug Sovern
date = February 26th, 2007
publisher = KCBS] Crosses have been added by volunteers and some paid for by the Lamorinda Peace Group and Grandmothers for Peace.cite web
url = http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-11-16/48237.html
title = Hillside Memorial Springs Up in Lafayette, California
accessmonthday = November 26
accessyear = 2006
author = Merian Kiernan
date = November 16, 2006
publisher = The Epoch Times]

The City ordinance allowed a convert|32|sqft|m2|sing=on sign on the property, and did not limit the number of crosses. [http://www.nlgsf.org/news/view.php?id=31] The organizers initially had an approximately convert|64|sqft|m2|sing=on sign, but reduced it to convert|32|sqft|m2 to comply with the City ordinance. The sign is updated every week to show the new official death toll for soldiers in Iraqcite web
url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/13/BAGPNMBNA61.DTL
title = 300 crosses raised on hill near BART station
accessmonthday = November 26
accessyear = 2006
author = Delfin Vigil
date = November 13, 2006
publisher = San Francisco Chronicle
page = B-2] .

ee also

*Arlington West - similar display in Santa Monica

References

External links

* [http://lafayettecrosses.blogspot.com Video Blog On Lafayette Hillside Memorial]


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