Travelling through Montana, on a main highway, or a backroad, you could come across a white cross or many white crosses in a cluster on the side of the road.
State Leaders applauded the program as ââ¦One of the finest projects I have ever seen undertaken by an Organization. . .â
Numerous enough to notice, infrequent enough to startle at seeing, they stimulate reverence, sorrow, sympathy, curiosity, and caution. They affect us all to one degree or another. They are the white crosses which mark the sites of fatal traffic crashes along the highways of Montana. For over 68 years, these white crosses have reminded passing motorists of the dangers of the road, as well as the lives that have been lost on these highways.
Members of the Montana Highway Commission approved and established guideline for the Highway Safety known then as the American Legion âWhite Crossâ program in 1953, with the blessing of then Governor, J. Hugo Aronson. It has received the endorsement of every Montana Governor since.