Faculty Scholarship
The Story of the Gary, Indiana Crucifix
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Abstract
In the spring of 1955, the Knights of Columbus erected an enormous crucifix in a public park in Gary, Indiana. Incensed by this flagrant constitutional violation, Harrison J. Mellman, a bright, well-liked, but still green local lawyer, began making plans to challenge the towering structure in court. Today, more than half a century later, the edifice remains, undisturbed, in its original spot. And so begins, and ends, a most unusual tale.
Publication Title
Valparaiso University Law Review
First Page
872
NSUWorks Citation
Robert Jarvis,
The Story of the Gary, Indiana Crucifix, 49
Valparaiso University Law Review
872
(2015),
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/law_facarticles/294