Valparaiso University Law Review Volume 49 Number 3 Spring 2015 pp.873-896 Spring 2015 The Story of the Gary, Indiana Crucifix Robert M. Jarvis Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/vulr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Robert M. Jarvis, The Story of the Gary, Indiana Crucifix, 49 Val. U. L. Rev. 873 (2015). Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/vulr/vol49/iss3/11 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Valparaiso University Law School at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Valparaiso University Law Review by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at
[email protected]. Jarvis: The Story of the Gary, Indiana Crucifix THE STORY OF THE GARY, INDIANA CRUCIFIX Robert M. Jarvis∗ I. INTRODUCTION In the spring of 1955, the Knights of Columbus erected an enormous crucifix in a public park in Gary, Indiana.1 Incensed by this flagrant constitutional violation, Harrison J. Mellman, a bright, well-liked, but ∗ Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University (
[email protected]). In writing this Essay I received assistance from many people, including: Donald Bixon, Ivan E. Bodensteiner, Ronald D. Cohen, K. Richard Hawley, Michael Hopkins, Seymour H. Moskowitz, Gail L. Richmond, Mark J. Stern, John B. Ulrich, and Fredrica W. Wechsler. Special thanks go to Jennifer Holik-Urban, the principal researcher at the Chicago genealogical firm Generations (www.generationsbiz.com), and Stephen G. McShane, the curator of the Indiana University Northwest Calumet Regional Archives (www.iun.edu/~cra/).