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Arkansas Installs A New Ten Commandments Monument At Its Capitol

The new monument is a replacement for this one, which was destroyed hours after it was installed on the grounds in June 2017.

The first version of a Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol lasted less than 24 hours before it was destroyed by a car last summer. Now the state has installed a new monument — and it's already facing potential legal challenges.

The new Ten Commandments monument is protected on all four of its corners by thick concrete bollards — a step that

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