A Ten Commandments monument on the Oklahoma Capitol grounds that was destroyed by a man who ran over it with his vehicle has been replaced.
Workers from a Kansas-based memorial company reinstalled a new granite monument on Thursday.
Gary Mosier with Wilbert Memorials said the 2,400-pound monument is made from granite from a quarry in South Dakota. The design was added at the company's facility in Kansas.
A 29-year-old Arkansas man was arrested in October after police say he drove his vehicle across the Capitol lawn and smashed the monument into pieces. The man was never charged as he underwent treatment under a mental health order.
Civil libertarians have sued to have the monument removed, arguing it contains a religious message and violates the separation of church and state.
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