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Nos. 17-1717 & 18-18 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States _________ THE AMERICAN LEGION, ET AL., Petitioner, v. AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION, ET AL., Respondents. _________ MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION, ET AL., Respondents. _________ On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit _________ JOINT APPENDIX – VOLUME I OF IV _________ MICHAEL A. CARVIN NEAL KUMAR KATYAL JONES DAY HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 51 Louisiana Ave., N.W. 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 879-3939 (202) 637-5600 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel of Record for Counsel of Record for Am. Legion Petitioners Petitioner Md.-Nat’l Capital Park & Planning Comm’n PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF CERTIORARI FILED: JUNE 25 & 29, 2018 CERTIORARI GRANTED: NOVEMBER 2, 2018 Additional counsel listed on inside cover Additional Counsel: MONICA LYNN MILLER AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION 1821 Jefferson Place NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Counsel of Record for Respondent American Humanist Association TABLE OF CONTENTS Page VOLUME I: Relevant Docket Entries: Court of Appeals Entries (No. 15-2597) ................1 District Court Docket Entries (No. 8:14-cv-00550-DKC)................................ 11 Relevant Pleadings: Complaint, filed February 25, 2014.......................... 27 Exhibits: A. Image of the Bladensburg Cross and its Environs .................................................. 40 B. Image of Plaque’s Obscurities by Bushes ..........................................................41 C. Image of Cross’s Emblem of Gold Star with the Letters “U.S.” in its Center........... 42 D. Contribution Pledge..................................... 43 E. Aerial View Image of Each New Mon- ument Situated More than 200 Feet from the Bladensburg Cross........................ 44 F. Image of the 9/11 Monument Standing less than a Foot Tall, Text Facing Away from Road........................................... 45 G. Image of the Korea-Vietnam Monu- ment Standing about 4 Feet Tall ................ 46 H. Image of the Second World War Me- morial Standing about 10 Feet Tall ............ 47 (i) ii Defendant’s Answer to Complaint filed April 28, 2014.......................................................48 Intervenors-Defendants’ Motion to Intervene filed May 1, 2014 (excerpts)................................. 54 Intervenors-Defendants’ Memorandum in Support of its Motion to Intervene, filed May 1, 2014: Exhibits: B. Post 131 Memorial Day 2011 Program dated May 30, 2011...................................... 55 C. News and Notes Prince George’s County Historical Society dated No- vember 1997 ................................................. 59 H. Deed by Commissioners of Bladens- burg and Between American Legion dated February 25, 1922........................................ 64 Plaintiffs’ Corrected Motion for Summary Judgment, without Memorandum of Law in Support, with Attachments and Exhibits, filed May 5, 2015: Attachments: Defendant’s Second Amended Answers to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories dated January 30, 2015 (excerpts)................. 67 Intervenors-Defendants’ Responses to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories dated November 29 and December 1, 2104 ........................................... 72 Plaintiffs’ Expert Witness Designation, with Attached Expert Report of G. Kurt iii Piehler, Ph.D., with Exhibits, dated November 17, 2014 (excerpts).............. 75 Expert Rebuttal Report of G. Kurt Piehler, Ph.D., with Exhibits, dated January 30, 2015 .......................................... 130 Deposition of Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (10:00 A.M.), with Exhibits, taken on March 25, 2015 (excerpts) ............................ 289 Deposition of Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (1:46 P.M.), with Exhibits, taken on March 25, 2015 (excerpts) ............................ 307 Deposition of Kira Calm Lewis, taken on April 9, 2015 (excerpts) ................................ 314 Deposition of Philip Onderdonk, Jr., taken on March 11, 2015 (excerpts) ....................... 316 Deposition of Phillip Holdcraft, taken on March 12, 2015 ............................................. 318 Deposition of G. Kurt Piehler taken on March 10, 2015 ............................................. 324 Declaration of Jason Torpy, with Exhibits, sworn on April 17, 2015................................ 326 VOLUME II: Declaration of Michael L. Weinstein, sworn on April 16, 2015........................................... 415 Exhibits: 1. Chain of Title and 1935 Maryland Laws 937, Ch. 432...................................... 418 iv 2. Photographs of Bladensburg Cross (Misc.) .........................................................423 3. Newspaper Articles (“Calvary” and “Sacrifice” Cross) dated 1919..................... 428 5. Legion Dedicates Bladensburg War Memorial Cross, Washington Post dated July 13, 1925.................................... 441 8. Historic Structures and Survey dated March 24, 1997 ................................ 451 13. “The Peace Cross” (Records of Snyder- Farmer-Butler............................................ 462 17. Groundbreaking Ceremony, Washing- ton Times dated September 29, 1919........ 466 18. Newspaper Articles Re: Religious “Rites” and “Services” dated 1927 — 1945 .................................... 469 19. Various Newspaper Articles “Desecra- tion” of Bladensburg Cross various dates .............................................. 489 20. Wonder Drug Sought in Soil near Shrine, Evening Times dated April 8, 1953............................................... 493 22. Newspaper Articles - Ku Klux Klan Activity dated 1924-1925........................... 495 24. Lights for Peace Cross, Washington Post dated April 2, 1965 ............................ 524 26. 50th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Bladensburg Cross dated July 12, 1975.................................... 526 28. Town and Post 131 Events at Bladensburg Cross dated 1980-2014......... 539 v 31. “Save the Peace Cross” Demonstration -Emails; Police Report; After Action Report dated 2014 (excerpts)..................... 613 34. E-mails from Citizens Supporting Bladensburg Cross various dates.............. 626 35. E-mails from Citizens in Opposition to Bladensburg Cross various dates.............. 697 36. Rev. Brian P. Adams — Pastor of Mount Rainier Christian Church — Cross Should Not Be Used as Symbol for Military Actions dated September 26, 2012 ......................... 700 38. Marty Callaghan, Saving the Bladens- burg Peace Cross, The American Le- gion and Commentsdated June 1, 2014.... 705 39. Shaun Rieley, Memorial Madness, Na- tional Review Online dated May 26, 2014.................................... 717 41. Excerpts of The Four Pillars of the American Legion updated July 1, 2010..... 722 53. Defendant’s Report: Daniel Filippelli, ‘Peace Cross’ An Evaluation of Condi- tion and Recommendations for Resto- ration dated April 18, 2010........................ 727 54. Request for Proposals Preservation and Restoration of Peace Cross Monu- ment ............................................................766 VOLUME III: 55. Defendant’s E-mails Re: Condition of Cross dated 2010-2011............................... 816 56. Bladensburg Cross Project Report ............ 822 vi 57. E-mail from Edward Day dated September 6, 2012 ........................... 840 58. Defendant’s E-mails Re: Condition of Cross dated 2012-2013............................... 841 60. Defendant’s E-mails Re: Condition of Cross dated 2014-2015............................... 852 62. Defendant’s E-mails dated September — October 2012.......................................... 865 66. Jeffrey Lyles, Gazette Community News dated July 5, 2001............................ 868 67. Intervenors-Defendants’ Brief of Ami- cus Curiae in Support of Defendants, Green v. Haskell County Board of Commissioners, 568 F.3d 784 (10th Cir. 2009) (excerpts)......................... 870 68. Excerpts of the American Legion 2014 Officer’s Guide and Manual of Cere- monies ........................................................ 873 Intervenors-Defendants’ Cross Motion for Summary Judgment, without Memoran- dum in Support, with Exhibits, filed June 10, 2015 (excerpts)............................ 886 Exhibits: 1. Photographs of the Memorial, Neigh- boring Memorials, and Veterans Me- morial Park ................................................ 887 2. [Corrected] Map of Veterans Memorial Park and Surrounding Landmarks........... 903 3. National Park Service, Historic Amer- ican Building Survey: Peace Cross, HABS No. MD-1415 dated 2013................ 905 4. Winter Expert Report dated 2015............. 922 vii 5. Historic Preservation Commission, PG: 69-16, Maryland Historical Trust Review Form dated 1996 ........................... 964 7. Richard A. Wilson, The Bladensburg War Memorials, Prince George’s Mag- azine dated Fall 1983................................. 986 8. Richard A. Wilson, The War Memori- als of Bladensburg dated July 1983 .......... 996 9. History Division, Md.-Nat’l Capital Park & Planning Comm’n, The Peace Cross ......................................................... 1013 10. Deposition of Phillip Holdcraft sworn on March 12, 2015 (excerpts) .................. 1037 11. George T. Hunter, History, Snyder- Farmer Post No. 3 dated 1922................. 1050 12. Deposition of Frederick Stachura sworn on March 25, 2015 (excerpts)........ 1073