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Scott Conover (R) argues with Louise Clark and Jeff Heaton in front of the memorial, The Crosses of Lafayette, they erected. Conover, who lost his step-son in the Iraq war, was among 200 demonstrators Iraq gathered in front of the controversial memorial in Lafayette, CA, on March 8, 2007 A memorial, known as The Crosses of Lafayette and made of thousands of wooden crosses, one for each US soldier killed in Iraq, has become a controversial issue, grabbing national attention because of the reaction from various pro-war groups. The memorial was erected by anti-war volunteers on a privately-owned hillside in Lafayette, CA.
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