Found some interesting crosses on a drive yesterday

[1crosscut]

Yesterday I drove about 30 miles to a small town to the East of me for a groundhog day celebration and parade. On the way back I found these three crosses on a grassed hill close to nothing in particular. Thought I would share a picture.

[Tiny]

Nice picture!!!
Love that AA!!!

[Great Lakes Greg]

You aren't near a town named Golgatha are you?

[SeaSlugs]

Originally Posted by 1930 coupe

Most of the time crosses at the side of the road mark where someone died in a accident three crosses mean three people died at that spot.

yup we got em all over

[mccsix]

From ASK.com
A life time commitment of Bernard Coffindaffer started in 1984, who crossed the country setting 3 crosses representing Christ and the 2 thieves.

"After two heart by-pass operations, he liquidated his business and two years later had a vision. "A genuine, marvelous, glorious vision," he said, "The Holy Spirit instructed, blessed, dealt with me and told me how to go about installing these Crosses. It was an experience you have once in a lifetime." He was told what to do: Get manpower, materials, and plant crosses. "I worked like a dog for the money, eighteen hours a day for thirty-five years," he said. "The Holy Spirit knew I had the money and was willing to spend it, and I'm not going to back down." For the nine final years of his life, he obediently spent approximately $3,000,000 planting the clusters of three Crosses in 29 states, District of Columbia, Zambia and The Philippines. Site owners donated the land's use for the Crosses and Coffindaffer paid all the bills. A total of 1864 clusters of crosses were erected."

The 3 crosses have been copied by many communities that he did not visit.

[RockHillWill]

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I have heard many stories about this gentleman, but did not know his name, thank you.

[1crosscut]

Thanks Gene. I think this may be one of them. It really is a pretty spot.

[QGolden]

I have seen them all over the Midwest, I have never seen them in New England though. I remember an article about him and his mission in Readers Digest many years ago. I have also noticed that the middle cross is frequently painted a dark yellow color. Anyone know why that color?

[sidhartha]

Originally Posted by QGolden

I have seen them all over the Midwest, I have never seen them in New England though. I remember an article about him and his mission in Readers Digest many years ago. I have also noticed that the middle cross is frequently painted a dark yellow color. Anyone know why that color?

I've read somewhere that the center cross was painted gold to represent royalty while the other two Cross's were painted pale blue to represent the earth.

[Tinker]

Neat. Great picture and truck too.

[Bolts]

Originally Posted by 1crosscut

Yesterday I drove about 30 miles to a small town to the East of me for a groundhog day celebration and parade. On the way back I found these three crosses on a grassed hill close to nothing in particular. Thought I would share a picture.

Wow! What an interesting thing to find. Your photo is absolutely perfect. Thanks for putting it on the site.

[al's28/33]

thanks for the picture, a great story, a solemn meaning and an awesome AA, love the way you kept the patina and original wood. I would vote that truck best original!

[QGolden]

Originally Posted by sidhartha

I've read somewhere that the center cross was painted gold to represent royalty while the other two Cross's were painted pale blue to represent the earth.

That makes sense, Yellow=Gold, and I think I do recall seeing 2 Bue crosses on the outside. Thank you for replying,