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A Memorial Day display in Paulding County, Ga. was quickly taken down after complaints were made regarding its religious overtones.
The city of Hiram received calls questioning whether a display of crosses was an appropriate way to honor its fallen war heroes, prompting the city’s leadership to remove them.
“Many thought the crosses on Highway 92 were an appropriate Memorial Day display, but a short time after the crosses went up outside a city of Hiram building, they came down,” reports WSB-TV Atlanta.
“The handmade crosses were meant to represent the 79 Paulding Countians who died in America's wars," the local station explains. "The city's mayor and others were behind the plan, which attracted praise and simultaneous criticism.”
Those who complained argued that the display was inappropriate because not all 79 Paulding Countians being honored with the crosses were Christian.
"They asked were all those fallen soldiers Christian, and the answer to that was not -- they obviously weren't," said City Manager Barry Atkinson.
"It opened our eyes that we missed something here and we immediately took corrective action,” he told WSB-TV Atlanta.
Other Hiram residents expressed outrage at the display’s removal, calling it political correctness run amok.
"Whether it's a cross or any other kind of marking, it's in honor of Memorial Day,” one resident told the station.
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