I've done some more reading on this issue, and appears that the VFW is 60+ years old, which is interesting since Mojave National Preserve only dates back until the early 1990's. This means that the Memorial predates the National Park designation - although it may not predate federal ownership.
What is interesting, however, is that ordinarily the National Park Service is required to preserve all resources associated with a Park - geological, biological, environmental, and cultural. Thus, this Court ruling would appear to jeopardize NPS preservation of religious cultural resources in a number of Parks, included preserved churches in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cape Lookout National Seashore, as well as Native American ceremonial kivas at numerous Parks throughout the Southwest. JDG
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