In many place around the US you can find roadside memorials like this one. They always have a white-painted cross. Never seen one with a crescent or a Star of David. They have someone's name and sometimes a date. I have no way to be sure but I assume they are memorials to someone who has died in a traffic accident at this location.
This one has been around at least a couple of years. It is in the median strip of US 36 near Hanover, Kansas. I've photographed it on previous trips. It looks like someone is maintaining it.
This one has been around at least a couple of years. It is in the median strip of US 36 near Hanover, Kansas. I've photographed it on previous trips. It looks like someone is maintaining it.
simple et tres beau ce memorial. donne des frissons.....
ReplyDeleteThey are indeed from roadside accidents. There are a lot in Germany. And in Montana I was taking a photo of one and some other people came and they did know what happend.
ReplyDeleteSaid signs that remind us to drive more carefully.
Sad, he was only 18 years old.
ReplyDeleteWe have them here too Bob, it always makes me so sad to see them, and they nearly always have flowers, so someone is out there never recovering from the tragic event. If only people would drive with care.
ReplyDeleteWe have them too, though rarely crosses.
ReplyDeleteYou'd have to bend double if not more to get through the door...
Is there a smaller cross on the side?
ReplyDeleteI don't understand it but it's common here too. Why don't they have crosses in bars or downtown streets or hospitals? I haven't threatened family and friends if I buy the farm on the hwy. NO plastic flower memorials!
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Sad. You see this in France all the time - mostly motorcylists killed as they ride -young kids dead, parents grieving. The memorials, like this, constantly replenished with fresh flowers or often made of false ones.
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