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On this day in 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma filed suit seeking to have a monument displaying the Ten Commandments removed from the Capitol grounds. The monument was placed on the north side of the building in 2012, but had to be replaced in October 2014 when a motorist ran his vehicle into it .
In June 2015 , the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the Ten Commandments monument must be removed.
The monument moved in October 2015 to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) campus, located on private property ten blocks south of the state Capitol.
Here's a look back at the state Capitol monument, a well as two others in Haskell and LeFlore counties
Workers move a granite monument of the Ten Commandments into position before lowering it onto its base on the north side of the state Capitol grounds Thursday morning, Nov. 15, 2012. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
Rep. John Bennett, Sallisaw, far right and his son, Nicholas, 5, help remove protective covering from the statue after it was erected. At far left is Rep. Mike Reynolds. A seven foot tall granite monument of the Ten Commandments is erected on the north side of the state Capitol grounds Thursday morning, Nov. 15, 2012. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
In this Nov. 15, 2012 file photo, a woman takes a picture of a granite monument engraved with the Ten Commandments after it was erected on the north side of the state Capitol grounds in Oklahoma City. The word "Sabbath" was misspelled as "Sabbeth" on the monument initially, but was later corrected. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
Forklift operator Pete Bennet, a construction maintenance technician with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, loads pieces of the broken Ten Commandments monument onto a vehicle back in October 2014. BARBARA HOBEROCK/Tulsa World File
The broken Ten Commandments monument is hauled away after being removed from the Oklahoma Capitol grounds in October 2014. BARBARA HOBEROCK/Tulsa World File
A new Ten Commandments monument is installed Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 at the state Capitol. BARBARA HOBEROCK/Tulsa World File
Former state Rep. Mike Reynolds (second from right) and others look at the reinstalled Ten Commandments monument at the Capitol Jan. 8, 2015. Rep. Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow, led efforts to erect the monument. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
Former state representative Mike Reynolds reaches to touch the lettering Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 on the new Ten Commandments monument. Workers installed the new monument at the state Capitol, which is being paid for with private funds, 11 weeks after a man ran his car into the old one and broke it to pieces. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
The Ten Commandments monument back in January 2015 on the north side of the Oklahoma Capitol. JOHN CLANTON/Tulsa World File
The Ten Commandments, as of July 1, 2015, are on the north side of the Oklahoma Capitol. JOHN CLANTON/Tulsa World File
A worker pries at the base during the removal of the Ten Commandments monument from the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. NATE BILLINGS/The Oklahoman
Workers remove the Ten Commandments Monument from the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on Oct. 5, 2015. NATE BILLINGS/The Oklahoman
Workers remove the Ten Commandments Monument from the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. NATE BILLINSG/The Oklahoman
Deborah Ashcraft left, of Yale, and Johnny Davis of Pawnee, spend a few minutes Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 5, 2015, to view the newly located Ten Commandments Monument after it was removed overnight from the grounds of the Capitol.
It is now at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) campus, located on private property on the northwest corner of NE 13 and Lincoln Blvd., ten blocks south of the capitol complex. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
Charlie Horsley talks about the granite markers. This photo shows the engraving on the back of one of the Ten Commandments marker. About 200 people attended the unveiling and dedication of a new monument with the Ten Commandments etched into its granite surface on the front lawn of the Community State Bank on Broadway in the eastern Oklahoma community of Poteau, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
Poteau resident and retired Baptist minister Ron Franks dressed as Biblical figure Moses to attend the ceremony. About 200 people attended the unveiling and dedication of a new monument with the Ten Commandments etched into its granite surface on the front lawn of the Community State Bank on Broadway in the eastern Oklahoma community of Poteau, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
Vickie Noon, 47, smiles and holds sign she brought to the dedication. The sign refers to the scrapping of original plans to place the Ten Commandments marker on County Courthouse property after county officials learned of a lawsuit in neighboring Haskell County about a similar monument on county property. About 200 people attended the unveiling and dedication of a new monument with the Ten Commandments etched into its granite surface on the front lawn of the Community State Bank on Broadway in the eastern Oklahoma community of Poteau, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
Nate Shepherd, 2, walks around the monument after the ceremony. Shepherd is grandson of former Poteau Mayor Don Barnes, who started the effort to place the Ten Commandments marker in the town. About 200 people attended the unveiling and dedication of a new monument with the Ten Commandments etched into its granite surface on the front lawn of the Community State Bank on Broadway in the eastern Oklahoma community of Poteau, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
Employees of Muskogee Marble & Granite Company Tom Byrd (left), Keith Green, co-owner Weldon Key, Tommy Byrd and his cousin Joe Byrd cement into place a granite monument bearing the Ten Commandments in front of the Haskell County Museum after moving it from Haskell County courthouse grounds due to recent controversy, taken in Stigler, Okla., on March 17, 2010. Tulsa World File
Haskell County Commissioners Sam Cole (left) and Henry Few at the Ten Commandments monument in front of the Haskell County Courthouse back in November 2004. The men are two of the three commissioners who approved the placing of the monument. Tulsa World File
The Mayflower Compact is on the back of the Ten Commandments monument on the lawn of the Haskell County Courthouse in Stigler, Oklahoma on Monday, November 8, 2004. Tulsa World File
A Ten Commandments monument stands on the lawn of the Haskell County Courthouse in Stigler back in 2004. It was moved in 2010. Tulsa World file
View of the Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Haskell County Courthouse back in June 2005. Tulsa World File
Sen. Tom Coburn addresses over 300 people from the gazebo adjacent to the Ten Commandments monument outside the Haskell County courthouse during a pro-monument rally in Stigler, OK, Nov. 19, 2005. The existence of the monument on courthouse property was, at the time, being contested in court. Tulsa World File
Workers with Muskogee Marble & Granite Company Joe Byrd (left), and his cousin Tommy Byrd hold onto a granite monument bearing the Ten Commandments while it was being moved from Haskell County courthouse grounds to the nearby Haskell County Museum just yards away due to recent controversy, taken in Stigler, Okla., on March 17, 2010. Tulsa World File
Workers with Muskogee Marble & Granite Company Joe Byrd (left), his cousin Tommy Byrd, and Keith Green help move a granite monument bearing the Ten Commandments from Haskell County courthouse grounds to the nearby Haskell County Museum just yards away due to recent controversy, taken in Stigler, Okla., on March 17, 2010. Tulsa World File
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