Editing Cross burning (section)

[[File:Cross Burning.jpg|thumb|344px|The KKK performing a cross burning.]]'''Cross Burning '''is the act of setting a Christian cross on fire and destroying it. It is an act mainly done by the [[Ku Klux Klan]] after the founding of the second Klan by [[William Joseph Simmons]]. Many Christians believe it sacrilege to destroy a cross but Klan members see it as lighting the cross as a sign of the member's faith. It is also used by Scottish Clans in which a St Andrews cross is burnt as a declaration of war.

In the early 20th century, the Klan burned crosses on hillsides or as a means of intimidating people they saw as targets.