this is from my home town grew up and lived in this neighborhood.
Not religious nor ascribe to any one faith.
The cross itself has been the subject of much debate among the residents of San Francisco as they have tried to weigh its religious role against its status as a historic landmark. In 1991 the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Jewish Congress, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State sued the city over its ownership of the cross. After a long legal battle and loss at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in 1997 the City auctioned 0.38 acres (0.15 ha) of land, including the cross, to the highest bidder.
The cross was purchased for $26,000 by The Council of Armenian American Organizations of Northern California[6] which installed a bronze plaque at the base memorializing the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide. On Armenian Independence Day September 23, 2007, it was discovered that the 160-pound (73 kg) plaque was missing.
The original plaque was never found, and a replacement plaque was dedicated at a ceremony on April 20, 2008.
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The Council of Armenian American Organizations of Northern California
wow didnt know what group bought it.
Generally, people regard that swastika symbols mean "good fortune", but most people have forgotten the very original meaning of the symbols. The very origin of swastika symbols is not from human world but from Buddha's paradise. It is a mark on Buddha's body that represents the Buddha's level and status in heaven. A Buddha of Tathagata level only has one swastika on the body, while higher level Buddhas have more swastika symbols. Arhats and Budhisattvas do not have any swastika on their bodies. We can find one swastika on many Buddha statues' chests.
http://www.foreigners-in-china.com/budd ... mbols.html
In Korea there are many Buddhist temples, as young GI it took a little while to figure out the directions of the symbol was different.
As you see, the Buddhist religious symbols swastika has a much longer history in human world than the Nazi symbols. Hitler stole the Buddhism symbol, but he was using the symbols differently. In Buddhism, the swastika is put flat and not in black color, but the Nazi put the swastika's corner pointing upwards and made it black.