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Christian crosses & other highway memorials

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Overview:

Christian crosses and other home-made road side memorials have become a matter of controversy, in Oregon, Utah, and other states. These markers are typically personal memorials that mark where a family member or friend was killed in a highway accident. In the case of Utah, they are installed by the state to mark where Highway Patrol officers have been killed in the line of duty.

Topics in this section:

	Overview
	Situation in Oregon
	Situation in Utah: Part 1  Part 2

Useful web sites:

	Irish Roadside Memorials has a page of links to web sites that deal with roadside memorials, mostly in the U.S. See: http://www.iol.ie/
	A selection of photographs of roadside memorials can be seen at: http://community.webshots.com/
	A book by Holly Everett: "Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture," University of North Texas Press, (2002). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

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