DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Ten Commandments monument that stood on the lawn of City Hall for 47 years has been removed after a federal judge said its presence violated the separation of church and state.
The 1,600-pound hunk of granite was taken Friday to a garage that houses the city's historical memorabilia.
Calls to the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, which had sued the city to have the statue removed, and the city attorney were not immediately returned Saturday.
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The monument was donated to Duluth by the Fraternal Order of the Eagles in 1957.