Fatality Marker Program News Today

Gov. Greg Gianforte was in Bozeman on Wednesday to recognize three veterans that received the 2022 Montana Governor’s Veteran Commendation for their service in the military and in their communities.

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 “…One of the finest projects I have ever seen undertaken by an Organization. . .” 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 d...