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GAR CELLULOID PHOTO ALBUM CIVIL WAR VETERANS $250.00 Time Remaining: 29d 2h 23m Buy It Now for only: $250.00

Antique G A R Grand Army Of The Republic Veterans Medal Pin w Flag 3pc $90.00 (15 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 20h 40m

CIVIL WAR VETERAN ABE LINCOLN COMMAND NO 1 UNION VETERANS CONNECTICUT GAR $27.89 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 1h 39m

WV GAR Civil War The Grand Army Badge 1861 Veteran 1866 $30.23 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 20h 6m

GAR VETERAN PATRIOTIC SCHOOL NOTEBOOK $45.00 Time Remaining: 29d 2h 55m Buy It Now for only: $45.00

Sons of Veterans 50 Year Membership Medal $21.50 (8 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 23m

Civil War Veteran GAR Delegate Medal Indiana 1916 No Reserve $13.49 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 2h 5m

NICE GAR LINEN BANNER WELCOME COMRADES CIVIL WAR VETERANS cwb $169.00 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 55m Buy It Now for only: $169.00

Civil War Veteran Ladder Badge 49th Pennsylvania No Reserve $66.00 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 2h 40m

Early Identified Photo of GAR Veterans of 2nd OHIO Vol Heavy Artillery Co B $16.05 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 15h 4m

Civil War Veterans Reunion Photo Circa 1900 Newport Maine Cookson Genealogy $499.95 Time Remaining: 29d 23h 43m Buy It Now for only: $499.95

Civil War Veteran Comrades of the Battlefield Medal 1895 No Reserve $75.85 (10 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 1h 55m

original GAR MEDAL CIVIL WAR VETERANS 1861 1866 NUMBERED OFFICERS TOP BAR $22.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 14h 2m

SCARCE LARGE GAR WELCOME COMRADES BANNER CIVIL WAR VETERANS cwb $199.00 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 48m Buy It Now for only: $199.00

Civil War Veteran Badge Gettysburg 75th Anniversary 1938 No Reserve $15.50 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 2h 30m

CASTINE MAINE CIVIL WAR VETERAN GAR PHOTOGRAPH $85.00 Time Remaining: 3d 19h 41m

1908 PERSONAL MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY BOOK JOHN S MILES CIVIL WAR VETERAN $149.00 Time Remaining: 29d 2h 57m Buy It Now for only: $149.00

Civil War Veteran Medal 11th New Hampshire Volunteers 1912 No Reserve $10.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 1h 45m

CIVIL WAR DRUMMER BOY AGE 14 THEN NOW 1915 VETERAN MUSICIAN VINTAGE POSTCARD $16.81 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 19h 24m

GAR MEMBERSHIP BADGE CIVIL WAR VETERAN Excellent $229.00 Time Remaining: 4d 20h 48m Buy It Now for only: $229.00

Civil War Veterans Medal $10.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 2h 34m

1912 CIVIL WAR VETERAN MUSICIANS MICHIGAN INFANTRY REUNION OLD VINTAGE POSTCARD $33.85 (8 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 19h 6m

SONS OF VETERANS GOODLUCK HORSESHOE WITH MEMBERSHIP BADGE $65.00 Time Remaining: 27d 21h 43m Buy It Now for only: $65.00

Civil War Veterans Medal 72nd Illinois Volunteers 1895 No Reserve $37.00 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 2h

Circa 1900 Fort Worth Texas Parade Confederate Veterans on Horseback Photograph $69.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 3h 25m

Grand Army of the Republic Sons of Veterans books $12.00 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 38m Buy It Now for only: $12.00

Civil War Span Am War Veteran Badge Eugene Oregon 1916 No Reserve $11.61 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 2h 25m

100 Original GAR Veterans Miniature Tin Canteen Excellent Rare $36.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 1h 41m

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Medal Badge off of a Civil War Brooch $20.49 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 20h 39m

THE STORY OF THE BATTLEFIELD OF ANTIETAM TOLD BY VETERANS CIVIL WAR $40.00 Time Remaining: 5d 3h 1m Buy It Now for only: $40.00

WONDERFUL CIVIL WAR GAR PENN VETERAN GROUPING AMBROTYPE GAR MEDAL PHOTO $86.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 17h 4m

EARLY 1900s WOUNDED SOLDIER PRISONER OF WAR VETERANS PINBACK PIN BUTTON $34.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 2h 57m

GAR CALLING CARD NAVAL VETERAN USS ROANOKE $25.00 Time Remaining: 28d 17h 33m Buy It Now for only: $25.00

1914 UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS UCV JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA ENAMEL PIN BUTTON $56.00 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 3h 7m

Civil War Veterans GAR Parade Photo Postcard c 1910 $1.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5d 3h 33m

GETTYSBURG 90th PENNSYLVANIA VETERANS WOOD CANE W SILVER PLAQUE $400.00 Time Remaining: 2d 1h 31m Buy It Now for only: $400.00

Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Ribbon $65.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2h 50m

GAR SOUVENIR POSTCARD CIVIL WAR VETERAN DRUMMER With LINCOLNS FAREWELL ADDRESS $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 19h 45m

GAR CIVIL WAR VETERANS LAPEL BUTTON ORIGINAL $20.00 Time Remaining: 26d 1m Buy It Now for only: $20.00

GAR DRUM CORPS MILLEDGEVILLE ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR VETERANS MUSICIANS FINE RPPC $57.09 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 16h 59m

Civil War Veteran Badge Army Navy Philadelphia 1926 No Reserve $13.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 2h 20m

GAR PRINTERS BLOCKS CIVIL WAR VETERANS $55.00 Time Remaining: 23d 2h 44m Buy It Now for only: $55.00

CIVIL WAR VETERAN MUSICIAN JM RAYMOND with DRUM BUGLE FLAG VINTAGE POSTCARD $18.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 19h 33m

GAR Veterans Military Hat Medallion Pin Grand Army of the Republic $24.99 Time Remaining: 19h 25m

Civil War Union Veteran GAR Grand Army of the Republic Celluloid Button Pin Mkd $21.21 Time Remaining: 7d 20h 7m Buy It Now for only: $21.21

OLD GAR CIVIL WAR VETERAN STAR EAGLE RIBBON BADGE MEDAL 1861 1865 $135.00 Time Remaining: 1d 23h 57m

Civil War Grand Army of The Republic Veteran Medal with 2 Rank Bar Pins $26.95 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 6d 3h 12m

GAR SPOON NICKEL SILVER CIVIL WAR VETERAN $25.00 Time Remaining: 9d 23h 17m Buy It Now for only: $25.00

Antique Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Medal Pin GAR 1861 Veteran 1866 $34.33 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 6m

CIVIL WAR VETERANS CROSSED RIFLES SWORD COOKING at CAMP FIRE TENT VINTAGE RPPC $14.64 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 17h 13m

NICE GAR BUCKEYE VETERANS FOB DBL SIDED GOLD SONS OF VETS OHIO $150.00 Time Remaining: 27d 21h 43m Buy It Now for only: $150.00

Medal Badge Albany Son of the Veterans 1880 GAR $31.13 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 3h 56m

GAR CIVIL WAR VETERAN HARRISBURG POST 58 REAL PHOTO POSTCARD VINTAGE RPPC $40.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 17h 32m

8th Battalion DC GAR Veterans Ided Photograph Decoration Day 1917 $99.99 Time Remaining: 4d 14h 40m

RARE BRONZE ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR VETERAN GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC GAR BUTTON $29.00 Time Remaining: 2d 21h 26m Buy It Now for only: $29.00

GAR 49th NAT ENCAMPMENT 1911 SOUVENIR POSTCARD CIVIL WAR VETERANS MUSICIANS $18.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 18h 45m

GAR CIVIL WAR VETERAN EASTON PA POST 217 RPPC VINTAGE REAL PHOTO $17.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 7h 52m

GAR LEATHER BELT AND BELTPLATE CIVIL WAR VETERAN $125.00 Time Remaining: 27d 21h 44m Buy It Now for only: $125.00

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS UCV CIVIL WAR FINAL ENCAMPMENT 1951 VINTAGE POSTCARD $10.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 6h 41m

Decoration Day Photo of GAR Veterans around 1900 $26.55 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 3h 40m

ANTIQUE GAR CIVIL WAR VETERANS BRASS UNIFORM COAT BUTTON 7 8 $8.99 Time Remaining: 16d 3h 6m Buy It Now for only: $8.99

1864 CIVIL WAR VETERAN EDWARD ELISHA EPPERSON WYTHE COUNTY 51ST REG COMP C $89.00 Time Remaining: 2d 3h 6m

Civil War Sons of Union Veterans Medal $35.99 Time Remaining: 14h 41m Buy It Now for only: $75.00

GAR Membership Medal Eagle Crossed Cannons 1861 1866 GAR Civil War Veteran 2 $125.00 Time Remaining: 27d 13h 33m Buy It Now for only: $125.00

GAR Civil War Veterans Photo Medal Pin Ribbon Daniel Countryman 28th Michigan $199.99 Time Remaining: 7d 2h 40m

1ST MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL WAR VETERAN MEMORIAL TESTIMONIAL $125.00 Time Remaining: 3d 19h 41m

Large GAR Civil War Veterans Badge Hanger Medallion 2 3 8 $49.99 Time Remaining: 20d 14h 32m Buy It Now for only: $49.99

DAUGHTERS of UNION VETERANS of the CIVIL WAR Medal 1861 1865 $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 2h 43m

CIVIL WAR Veteran GAR 37th Annual ENCAMPMENT ALBANY OREGON RIBBON 1918 $16.38 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 43m

1885 US GRANT MEMORIAL BADGE GAR VETERANS $49.00 Time Remaining: 8d 2h 5m Buy It Now for only: $49.00

Civil War Veterans Memorial Day Review Soldiers Home Cal $15.00 Time Remaining: 2d 16h 50m

DAUGHTERS OF UNION OF THE CIVIL WAR VETERANS MEDA FCL PIN 1861 1865 RARE LOOK $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 20h 24m

CONFEDERATE FLAG VETERAN embroidered PATCH CIVIL WAR $5.99 Time Remaining: 11d 9h 58m Buy It Now for only: $5.99

VETERANS DAY 1912 Celluloid GAR Badge with Ribbon As Found $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 19h 41m

Medal Badge Sons of Veterans GAR type III $19.99 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 59m

	Silver US Army Military Civil War Tankard Mug With Rosewood Box
	Description ELECTRO PLATED NICKEL SILVER(EPNS) POLISHED FINISH VERY NICE QUALITY COMES WITH ROSEWOOD PRESENTATION CASE TANKARD IS 4 1/4 " HIGH 3 3/4 " DIAMETER AT BASE ROSEWOOD CASE WITH CLASP IS 5 1/4 " X 6 " X 4 " HIGH INSIDE HAS FELT TOP AND BOTTOM

	At the Break of Dawn: Songs from a Franco Prison , A Reminiscence In Song & Prose Of The Spanish Civil War. LP Sale Price: $55.00
	Description lp Record Label Name: Folkways Label's Catalog Number: FH5435 by Max Parker Veteran Of the Lincoln Brigade and P.o.W. at San Pedro De Cardena.

	Al Tocar Diana -"At Break of Dawn" - Songs From a Franco Prison - A Reminiscence in Song and Prose of the Spanish Civil War - Remembered and Sung By Max Parker - Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Former Prisoner of War At San Pedro De Cardena Sale Price: $50.00

	The Civil War Video Series 3 VHS Collection: Gettysberg / Chancellorsville and Cedar Mt. / Vicksberg and Franklin (Ultimate Collector's Edition) [3 VHS Videos] List Price: $75.00 Sale Price: $11.89 You save: $63.11 (84%)
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	Echoes of the Blue & Gray - Civil War Veterans Volume 1 Sale Price: $8.99
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	Echoes of the Blue & Gray: Volume II Sale Price: $11.99
	Description The videotape contains actual newsreel film footage from 20th century, featuring the surviving veterans of the American Civil War. This sequence allows one for the first time to actually see on film the gallant heroes of North and South.

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	Description While Japan undergoes tumultuous transition to a more Westernized society in 1876-77, The Last Samurai gives epic sweep to an intimate story of cultures at a crossroads. In America, tormented Civil War veteran Capt...

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	Description While Japan undergoes tumultuous transition to a more Westernized society in 1876-77, The Last Samurai gives epic sweep to an intimate story of cultures at a crossroads. In America, tormented Civil War veteran Capt...

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U.S. Supreme Court says Mojave Desert Cross can stay--it is a War Memorial, article by Peter Menkin

A World War I memorial will be allowed to stay in the Mojave Desert, and though covered since 2002 because it offended some people as a religious symbol is now unveiled again. It was the United States Supreme Court that allowed the Cross, on private land owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to stay after a protracted controversy. The Cross has stood for about 75 years in the desert. The question came to, Is the Cross religious symbol for Christians solely, or War Memorial for American dead?

In California and even San Francisco's Bay Area the subject of a cross in a remote desert spot in the Mojave was a highly controversial matter. What about the cross on public land? Does this not violate separation of Church and State? was hotly asked.
 
A religious symbol cannot be on public land, said Frank Buono who is now retired from the Park Service. He brought the case to The Supreme Court over a ten year period with the help of The American Civil Liberties Union. According to
The New York Times
, "The white wooden cross, roughly 5 feet tall, stands atop Sunrise Rock in California's San Bernardino County." It is actually made of pipe today. The Supreme Court did not say whether this was a simple, dignified, and even popular War Memorial of little note but some popularity among the private individuals who visited it, and those who built it. The Court took on this almost humble case that to some appeared overblown.
 
A PDF of the Supreme Court decision is
here
.
 
The announcement of the Court's result was made and reported in major newspapers April 28, 2010. Writing for the Supreme Court in
Salazar v. Buono
, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said:
"The District Court concentrated solely on the religious aspects of the cross, divorced from its background and context. But a Latin cross is not merely a reaffirmation of Christian beliefs. It is a symbol often used to honor and respect those whose heroic acts, noble contributions, and patient striving help secure an honored place in history for this Nation and its people. Here, one Latin cross in the desert evokes far more than religion. It evokes thousands of small crosses in foreign fields marking the graves of Americans who fell in battles, battles whose tragedies are compounded if the fallen are forgotten."
 
The Veterans of Foreign Wars agreed. One could easily surmise that's the real issue, the real case from their vantage point. Many veterans agreed.
 
Gabriel Nelson, writing in his blog in
The New York Times
, said, "The Supreme Court ruled today that Congress and the Interior Department acted properly when they used a land transfer to solve a dispute over a cross on display in the federal Mojave National Preserve."
 
There was no big hullaballoo, but a minimal statement with dissent by the Supreme Court. Gabriel Nelson put it well in his low key remark on how the Interior Department had acted properly. This writer has taken some snippets from other newspaper reports that demonstrate all are in accord in their reporting of the facts, and as the Supreme Court noted it was the facts that led them to their conclusions on the decision.
 
In its brief on behalf of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Solicitor General Elena Kagan said the cross did not imply government sponsorship. The transfer of land to the Veterans of Foreign Wars that required the installation of a plaque dissociating the statue from the federal government, she wrote, satisfied the problem of Church/State religion (Christian).
 

The Christian Post
said in its report,
"The goal of avoiding governmental endorsement does not require eradication of all religious symbols in the public realm," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy. "This cross," he wrote, "evokes thousands of small crosses in foreign fields marking the graves of Americans who fell in battles."

As a taste of the real argument in differences on the United States Supreme Court, it appears to this writer that Justice Anthony Kennedy caught the essence of the issue separating Justices.
The Wall Street Journal
noted in their report,
Justice Stevens's dissent argued that Congress wasn't taking action to memorialize veterans, but rather using their memory to justify maintenance of a religious symbol. He noted that the Mojave cross little resembles the prominent and nonsectarian markers erected for those who served in World War II, Korea or Vietnam.

JESS BRAVIN

Wall Street Journal
writer pointed out in his article,
The cross—estimated at five to seven feet tall—stands on Sunrise Rock in a remote patch of desert. Veterans, some of whom had moved to the region for health reasons, first erected a cross at the site in 1934 and it was often used for Easter services. The current version was assembled from painted metal pipes in 1998 by Henry Sandoz of Yucca Valley, Calif.

 
Though
The Wall Street Journal
called the decision one whereby the Cross was determined more war memorial than religious symbol, the grass roots battle in California called for many statements that:
Yes, it was significantly and first a war memorial, but it was a religious statement for the war dead.
There the Supreme Court did not necessarily agree, but it did not make sweeping decisions. Justice Kennedy wrote, Because of the "highly fact-specific nature" of the case, it is "unsuited for announcing categorical rules."
 
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor joined Justice Stevens's dissent. Justice Stephen Breyer dissented separately.
 

Images:
  (1)
Mojave Desert Cross, by Associated Press; (2) Mojave Desert Cross, by unknown.
About the Author

Peter Menkin, an aspiring poet, lives in Mill Valley, CA USA (north of San Francisco). My blog: http://www.petermenkin.blogspot.com

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