The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today (June 20, 2019) that a 40-foot World War I memorial cross could stay on public land at a Maryland intersection, according to the NPR website.
The 7 to 2 decision reverses a lower court ruling that said the memorial is unconstitutional because it is in public land and maintained at taxpayer expense.
The high court's ruling is a major victory for religious groups and the American Legion, which warned that if the cross had to be moved, so too would other crosses that serve as war memorials.
The concrete cross is located in the middle of a busy median strip in Bladensburg, Maryland.
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