[Albion Wilde]

The outfit that is doing this - the ‘American Humanist Association’ - are not locals who grew up with this memorial in their neighborhood and who love it. They are activists who are bringing the same kind of case all over the country.

Yes, same thing activists have done with the Ten Commandments memorials and nativity scenes. They make sure to pick a small town or a small school that can't fight back effectively. But this time they may have not been paying close attention to where Bladensburg really is.

We passed the Peace Cross so many times growing up, on the way to points in and out of North East DC, the National Arboretum, the Fort Lincoln or Rock Creek cemeteries, New York Avenue as a good way to get downtown, CU and the Basilicaa, Union Station, the Capitol Building, etc. etc.

[Jamestown1630]

I've spent many hours at the Rock Creek cemetery - my father belonged to the church there when he first came to DC from Virginia as a kid and had a paper route delivering to the Soldier's Home. One of his favorite sculptures, which he taught me about and which became one of my favorites, too: