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October 19, 2017

Cross honouring soldiers who died in World War I deemed unconstitutional

A cross-shaped monument, a landmark in Bladensburg, Md., constructed in 1925 as a memorial to 49 Prince George's County men lost in World War I, is pictured in this Oct. 19 photo.
WASHINGTON – A 40-foot-tall cross memorializing soldiers who died in World War I that sits at a busy intersection in the Washington suburb of Bladensburg, Maryland, is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Oct. 18.
Published in International