Just as the sight of rows and rows of white crosses was a visual reminder of death of soldiers in Point Loma, our small temporary crosses on Chapman Hill were to be a visual reminder of children that die an excruciating death of starvation.

I’m glad the crosses on Point Loma are still there and bewildered that someone would remove the crosses on Chapman Hill. My father would say that “people are just no damn good.” Others say it is just another sign of our self-indulgent society. Evangelists may point to the Book of Revelation as another sign of the end times. No matter, it’s the 19,000 children who will die today that really counts.

Gene Merrill

Bayfield