English: Title: The often-controversial Ten Commandments granite monument on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas

Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

Notes: The monument was the topic of a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case, "Van Orden v. Perry," in which the display was challenged as unconstitutional. In late June 2005, the Court ruled that the display was not unconstitutional. The plurality opinion stated that the monument was constitutional, as it represented historical and not purely religious value. The monument was donated to the State of Texas in 1961 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a civic organization, with the support of Cecil B. DeMille, who had directed the film "The Ten Commandments."; Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:054).; Forms part of: Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.