Can you find the evil cross in the above illustration of the Los Angeles County seal?

Well, the eagle eyes of the ACLU did—and LA County has now caved in to their demands: LA County to remove cross from county seal after ACLU challenge.

LOS ANGELES - County supervisors have decided to remove a tiny cross from the county’s official seal rather than face a potential lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union.

The supervisors held an emotional debate Tuesday before deciding to replace the cross with another image - possibly a representation of a Spanish mission or California’s indigenous tribes.

The cross has been on the county seal since 1957 in a panel with two stars above a depiction of the Hollywood Bowl. The Bowl was intended as a symbol of culture while one star represents film and the other television.

In a May 19 letter, ACLU attorneys warned the Board of Supervisors to remove the cross or face a lawsuit, saying the seal was unconstitutional because it reflects “an impermissible endorsement of Christianity by the county government.”

The panel is one of six around the seal’s main figure, Pomona, a Roman goddess of fruits and trees representing the region’s agriculture. The seal’s other symbols are: a triangle and calipers to represent industry; oil derricks; the Spanish galleon San Salvador that was sailed into San Pedro Harbor in 1542 by the explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo; and a tuna and a champion cow named Pearlette, for the once-huge fishing and dairy industries.

Supervisor Don Knabe said removing the cross was like “rewriting history” in a region shaped by Catholic missionaries.

“Where does it all end?” he said. “I do not think we should capitulate. As the largest county in America, if we roll over, what’s next?”

UPDATE: Here is the Los Angeles County Contact Information page, if you live in LA and are as outraged about this totalitarian attempt to erase history as I am.