Oklahoma Capitol to get monument

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT
Published: December 24, 2009

A Ten Commandments monument should be erected on the state Capitol grounds by summer, the state lawmaker whose family is paying for the marker said Wednesday.

Rep. Mike Ritze said work on designing and developing the monument should start next month.

Ritze, R-Broken Arrow, said it’s hoped the monument, about 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide, could be erected by June on the lawn north of the Capitol. Cost is est...


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