What is up with the three wooden crosses?

[NewRVLady]

The three crosses symbolize Jesus (in the middle) and two thieves that were crucified on the same day


They have a set of these crosses in Baton Rouge...and how they are located....when you walk into the Wal*Mart you can see them....Its kind of like going into the holy land!

Those are the first I thought of
But we see them in many states- mostly in the South

 

[Kitty 34]

I must have clicked on one of those lovely threads in the bottom banner and posted w/o thinking. My apologies!

That's fine and don't worry many of us have done that!!!

 

[Squirlz]

...and yea, sucheth as Jesus himself, thine thread ariseth from the dead...

 

[Kitty 34]

...and yea, sucheth as Jesus himself, thine thread ariseth from the dead...

As much as old threads get resurrected around here we could have our own DIS holiday!!!

 

[samsteele]

As much as old threads get resurrected around here we could have our own DIS holiday!!!

Yes . . . I had a weenie moment and forgot to look at the date b/f posting. Everyone can line up and give me a good kick . . . Sigh. I hate it when these old things get new legs. Then I went & did it myself by accident.

 

[Kitty 34]

I almost got a visual Samstelle when you said you had a weenie moment!!!!

 

[ICF]

Much like Jesus, this thread has risen from the dead.....

 

[Mark P.]

Well there ya go! We did the drive last August, and I took notice, too. (I-95)

 

[Kitty 34]

Much like Jesus, this thread has risen from the dead.....

Yes we know!!

 

[minnie mum]

I almost got a visual Samstelle when you said you had a weenie moment!!!!

That just resulted in a very unladylike snort.

 

[samsteele]

Especially since I'm a gal Oh, my.

 

[Azrael]

I'm a tad upset as well that the truck driver was left out.

 

[NotUrsula]

If you are speaking of the tall sets that have the center cross in yellow/gold and the outer ones either white or powder blue, then what we're discussing is an unusual project by the late Bernard Coffindaffer. He financed the building of over 2000 of them in several countries. Here is an article in Appalachian Magazine from 2015 describing his cross project, and what is being done to honor the project after his death: http://appalachianmagazine.com/2015/01/25/the-story-of-the-crosses-across-america/

Smaller roadside memorial crosses are not part of the Coffindaffer project.

 

[stitch 6 2 6]

Ack