Mount Soledad

I have many fond memories of evenings spent high atop Mount Soledad. Towering over the entire southern California coastline at an altitude of just over 800 feet high, Mount Soledad provides striking 360-degree views of Mexico, San Diego, Coronado, Los Angeles, and everything in between.

A self-described atheist that deserves no additional press, and he shall get none here, has sued the city of San Diego to have the 43-foot cross that now stands high atop Mount Soledad removed. But this is nothing new. Another atheist tried the same thing here in Boise a few years ago. He lost in his quest to have the cross on Table Rock removed. And he also lost a similar case back east around the same time. It is my sincere hope that this clown loses in his quest to soil the honor of those immortalized by the war memorial at Mount Soledad.

The cross that now stands at Mount Soledad has been doing so since 1952. But crosses have been standing here in one form or another since 1913. And they stand here to commemorate the soldiers of the Korean War, and the two World Wars. Mount Soledad is a war memorial that honors our fallen heroes. Those that stood in harms way to ensure us certain freedoms, and those that paid the ultimate price to ensure us the very same inalienable rights that this clown is using to try and have the cross removed.

The cross is but a part of the war memorial at Mount Soledad. In addition to the 43-foot white cross originally dedicated to veterans of the Korean War, a flagpole proudly flying the American Flag and six concentric walls have been constructed that will ultimately hold more than 3,000 black granite plaques honoring individual war veterans, both living and deceased, from all branches of Military Service.

If you haven’t been to Mount Soledad, I encourage you to visit at your earliest opportunity. The 15-year battle to remove the cross is coming to an end, and this may be your last opportunity to enjoy the memorial as it was originally intended to be.