Oh, I've always been curious about this statue and this inspired me to look:
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/997/1rel6.htm

And there has been a lot of feature articles in the past few years about
leaving memorials at sights of tragedy, which has apparently become almost
epidemic since the walls of flowers in Kensington Park for Princess Diana.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Kocian [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 3:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: Memorials
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>     There is the "Our Lady of the Highways" memorial in I-95
> near the Maryland/ Delaware border.  I heard it was installed
> in response to a multiple-car fatal accident that occurred
> there.  It's also been said that they kept it simple so as
> not to distract other motorists.  I think the land is part of
> a religious organization, a seminary, so it was not a case of
> someone putting it on public land.
>
>      -Carol
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