The list of Eagle monoliths, below, has been compiled from various sources including court cases and Google. It is incomplete, as it is believe that there were more than 150 monoliths donated by the Eagles to cities and states. If you are aware of an other monoliths, have digital pictures of any monoliths or have additional information or corrections, please notify Bob Ritter at Bob@jmcenter.org. Thank you.
ALABAMA
- Montgomery – removed from public property in August, 2003.
ARIZONA
- Phoenix – 1964; sits on state park land in Wesley Bolin Plaza, just east of the Arizona state capitol in Phoenix.
COLORADO
- Aspen – Conner Park, next to City Hall.
- Denver – 1955; on the lawn of the state capitol; State of Colorado v. Freedom From Religion Foundation.
- Grand Junction – on the lawn in front of City Hall, 1958 [removed from public property 2001?].
GEORGIA
- Cobb County – removed from public property in 1994.
- Habersham County – removed from public property in November 2003.
IDAHO
- Boise – 1965; removed from public property in March 2004.
- Coeur d'Alene (Kootenai County) – on the lawn of the east side of the Kootenai County Courthouse.
- Hayden – in a park near city hall.
- Post Falls (Kootenai County) – on the lawn in front of city hall.
ILLINOIS
- Chicago – .
INDIANA
- Anderson — 1958; destroyed by a vandel in 2004.
- Bedford – removed from public property in November 2000.
- Boone County (Lebanon) – 1957.
- Elkhart – subject of law suit in Books v. City of Elkhart (7th Cir., Dec. 13, 2000).
- Gibson County (Princeton) – courthouse lawn.
- Fort Wayne (Allen County) – Allen County Public Library.
- Indianapolis &nash; removed from public property in 2002.
- Lawrence County – removed from public property in 2000.
- Lebanon – August 17, 1957 by Boone Aerie #2062.
- Princeton (Gibson County) – .
- Vincennes – no longer on public property.
- Wayne County (Richmond) – .
- Wallace – 1970.
IOWA
- Cedar Rapids – in a plaza by the city hall.
- Iowa City (Johnson County) – Aerie 695, 1964; Iowa Civil Liberties Union asked (Aug. 2000) the monolith to be removed from the Courthouse property. To avoid legal action, local aerie voluteered to remove the monument and rededicated at the Aerie. (Eagles Mag., Nov. 2001); removed from public property in March 2004
KANSAS
- Junction City – in front of municipal building.
- Kansas City (Wyandotte County) – removed from public property.
- Manhattan – removed from public property.
KENTUCKY
- Frankfort – (in storage) 1971.
- Grayson County – removed from public property 2002.
- Harlan County – removed from public property May 2000.
- McCreary County &ndash removed from public property May 2000.
- Mercer County – courthouse.
- Pulaski County – removed from public property May 2000.
- Rutherford County – removed from public property in 2002.
MARYLAND
- Cumberland – 1957; courthouse lawn.
- Frederick – 1958 (in public park; land underneath tombstone sold).
MISSOURI
- Jefferson City – 1958; on the grounds of the state capitol (north side). The 6-foot granite monument sits discretely off the side of a scenic overlook above the Missouri River on the Capitol grounds (Lincoln Park). The state Eagles club dedicated it on June 28, 1958.
MINNESOTA
- Brainerd – Crow Wing County courthouse.
- Duluth – The monolith has been on the Duluth City Hall lawn, facing the intersection of Fourth Avenue West and First Street, since October 1957; was removed in May 2004 as a result of litigation; F.O.E. chapter was defunct in 2004. [Duluth's embattled Ten Commandments monument is leaving the lawn at City Hall and relocating to a Lakeville church. The nondenominational Celebration Church of Lakeville submitted a winning bid of $15,105 to buy the 7-foot slab of granite. The offer topped 12 other bids opened Tuesday afternoon in Duluth City Hall. The 8-year-old congregation and its pastor, longtime radio and television evangelist Lowell Lundstrom, plan to display the monument outside their church building at 16655 Kenyon Ave., near Interstate 35 and 162nd Street.]
- Moorhead (Clay County) – donated Fargo, N.D. Aerie No. 153.
- Winona – .
MONTANA
- Bozeman – downtown park, 1970.
- Custer County – removed from public property in August 2003.
- Helena – on the capitol grounds.
- Great Falls – 1967; outside the Cascade County Court House.
- Kalispell – Flathead County Courthouse
NEBRASKA
- Freemont – in a public park.
- Hastings – Parkview Cemetery
- Nebraska City – .
- Plattsmouth – 1965; removed from public property in February 2004.
NEVADA
- Carson City – 1971.
- Fallon – 1972; south lawn of City Hall.
- Lovelock – 1967; town hall.
- Lyon County – courthouse.
- Virginia City – 1971.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Somersworth (Stradford County) – sits on city-owned land near city hall.
NEW JERSEY
- Trenton – in a public park.
NEW MEXICO
- Clovis – 1967; on the lawn in front of Curry County courthouse.
- Roswell (Chaves County) – April 28, 1973; Chaves County Courthouse.
NORTH CAROLINA
- Craven County – removed from public property.
- Winston Salem – removed from public property in January 2004.
NORTH DAKOTA
- Fargo – City Hall; subject of law suit in Twomby v. City of Fargo.
- International Peace Garden – donated by F.O.E. of South Dakota, North Dakota and Manitoba, Canada; 1956.
- Manden – outside the Morton County Courthous.
OHIO
- Cincinatti – removed from public property in 2003.
- Grove City – headquarters of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1623 Gateway Circle S., Grove City, Ohio.
- Logan – Worthington Park.
- Lorain – May 30, 1961.
- Springfield (Clark County) – .
- Toledo (Lucas County) – 1957; outside the Lucas County courthouse. ACLU sued in 2002 to remove 10C monolith.
OKLAHOMA
- Stigler (Haskell County) – Haskell County Courthouse.
PENNSYLVANIA
- Ambridge – first F.O.E. monolith, 1955.
- Clearfield – on the steps of the courthouse.
- Hanover – 1957; Wirt Park in York County; on a 15'x15' piece of property that was sold to Gitt-Moul Historic Properties January 2004.
- Pittsburgh – July 28, 1956.
- New Kensington – Valley High School.
RHODE ISLAND
- Providence – Roger Williams Park, 1963.
TENNESSEE
- Hamilton County – removed from public property 2002.
- Murfreesboro – removed from public property in June 2002.
- Sullivan County – courthouse.
- Taylor County – removed from public property in January 2003.
- Washington County – .
TEXAS
- Austin – 1961; Texas state capitol grounds; subject of law suit in Van Orden v. Perry (2005).
- Dallas — .
UTAH
- Brigham City – in front of Brigham City lodge of F.O.E. at 912 N. Main St. (private property); 1965.
- Duchesne City – 1973 (by the Cole family),in Roy Park; August 2003, mayor transfered a 10'x 11' plot of land containing the 10C monolith to the Duchesne Lions Club. The City undid the sale after Summum brought the law suit and instead sold the property to Rae Donna Jones, Lou Ann Larson, and Ro Jean Rowley. These women are the daughters of Irvin Cole, in whose name the Ten Commandments was originally donated. Summum v. Duchesne City, (10th Cir., Apr. 17, 2007); Duchesne City v. Summum, cert. granted 2008. [May not be an Eagles tombstone.]
- Murray – in response to a complaint letter, the 10C monolith was moved to private property.
- Ogden, – May 1966; Ogden Municipal Garden (which are located on the grounds north of the Ogden City Municipal Building); as a result of a lawsuit, the monolith was moved to private property. The monument was jointly owned by Ogden City and Weber County for a period of time until Ogden City became the sole owner. [A least six other monuments are located in the Ogden Municipal Gardens commemorating historical, secular and cultural figures and events associated with the area.]
- Pleasant Grove City – 1971; Pioneer Park; Pleasant Grove City v. Summum .
- Provo – 1963; the 10C monolith was moved to private property.
- Roy – removed from public property.
- Salt Lake City – lawsuit, moved to private property.
- Tooele – in response to a complaint letter, the 10C monolith was moved to private property.
- West Valley City – always on private property.
WASHINGTON
- Everett – on the lawn in front of the police department, 1959; Card v. City of Everett (9th Cir., Mar. 26, 2008) held that city did not violation the E.C. on basis of Van Orden v. Perry (2005).
WISCONSIN
- La Crosse – dedicated June 19, 1965; in Cameron Park; the City then sold the monument and the land around it to the Fraternal Order of Eagles. That sale was upheld by the Seventh Circuit. See Mercier v. Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 04-1321, 2005 WL 81886 (7th Cir. Jan. 3, 2005).
- Milwaukee – Resolution signed 1/31/2002 by major to authorizing acceptance of an offer from the F.O.E. to accept the return of the monolith of the 10C located on the grass plot immediately south of the Market Street garage entrance to the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building.
- Monroe — removed from Lincoln Park.
WYOMING
- Casper – 1965; FFRF threatened to sue Casper in Sept. 2003 if it did remove its 10C monolith, Paster Fred Phelps threatened Casper in Oct. 2003 if it wouldn't allow a and the city temporarily removed monolith from City Park on Nov. 14, 2003 pending approval of preminiary plans by City Council to build a Historical Monument Plaza which would include the Ten Commandments monument (and stone monuments depciting the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights).
- Cheyenne – in Lyons park.
- Cody – June 1966.
- Kemmerer – .
CANADA
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – .
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