The Mojave Cross stands among the Joshua trees on top of a rocky outcrop in the middle of the Californian desert desert, serving as a memorial to the men who fell during the First World War.

But the simple cross which has been in place for 75 years is at the heart of a bitter constitutional battle which will reach the US Supreme Court on Wednesday.

In a case with ramifications for war memorials across the United States, judges will consider whether, as an overtly religious symbol, the Mojave Memorial Cross violates the First Amendment which provides for a separation of church and state.

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