Poteau displays 10 Commandments at bank; residents want to place marker at courthouse

 
BY VALLERY BROWN
Published: January 21, 2010

POTEAU — The more than 200 residents who came out for the unveiling of the Ten Commandments monument at a local bank applauded when organizers said it was only the first of many to come.

Officials from Community State Bank and some who organized the campaign said the lawn is only a resting place for the monument as they await a possible Supreme Court decision on a similar one in Stigler in nearby Haskell Co...


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