In all, Zanis reckons he’s built and displayed about 20,000 wooden crosses over the past 20 years. ... “Every cross I am building, in a way, is in the memory of my best friend,” he says.

• This afternoon, an icon of the body of Christ - a painted image - will be removed from the wooden cross at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral and wrapped in a linen shroud.

Retired carpenter Greg Zanis built 58 white crosses to honor victims from the Las Vegas mass shooting on Sunday. He delivered them from Illinois to Las Vegas this week.

Marine Corps museum gets wooden crosses from bloody Pacific battle of Tarawa. Lost grave markers surface from a distant World War II battlefield. Accessibility statement Skip to main content ...