Speaking of crosses...

Lafayette war memorial to add more crosses
Monday, August 18, 2008 | 11:59 AM

By Terry McSweeney
LAFAYETTE, CA (KGO) -- A controversial war memorial in Lafayette is about to get bigger and more controversial. Until now, it has been a memorial to U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. Soon, it will also pay tribute to U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

The hillside already has 4,122 crosses, one for each American solider killed in the Iraq war. Now 600 more crosses are planned, for troops killed in Afghanistan. Not only will they remember a different war, the crosses themselves will be different.

It is a hill covered with crosses, some with a picture, some a name, others a dog-tag. Until now, it was just for soldiers killed in Iraq. The relatives of those killed in Afghanistan have recently approached organizer Jeffrey Heaton about their loved ones.

"So we began to think, that obviously to them, this hillside represents something important. So we wanted to officially recognize that soldiers who have died in Afghanistan, have a place that also represents something for them here," said Jeffrey Heaton, memorial organizer.

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http://lafayettecrosses.blogspot.com/

Maybe that would remind people about this criminal occupation brought on by criminals.

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"I pass this memorial every day on the way back home after work and in a way it just reminds me we're at war, otherwise I wouldn't remember it as much," said Wei-tai Kwok, Lafayette resident. If Heaton goes ahead with the plan, the 600 crosses will remember a different war, with different crosses.


as people go on with their busy lives, just trying to pay the bills, it is a harsh reminder of what is going on.

collaterally damaged.

We got some 'splainin' to do to Saint Peter.

"If there's a hell below, we're all gonna go."