Faculty Scholarship

Title

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

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