[Borges]

Many Ten Commandments monuments around the country were placed by Cecil B. Demille in 1943-44 to promote his epic "The Ten Commandments" with Charleton Heston.

'The Ten Commandements' came out in 1956.

[moog]

Must have been a long promotion, probably wandering around the desert or something.

[Jo Nuvark]

[...'The Ten Commandements' came out in 1956...]

Don't blame me for the error. I was only
transcribing from the documentary. Oops!

The question remains, how did the monuments get
there without the help of Hollywood or the MSM?

[Jo Nuvark]

FROM: Rob Schults, Minnesota Public Radio.

(SNIP)

It all began - in Hollywood.

It's 1956. Director Cecil B. DeMille's epic film
"The Ten Commandments" opens across the country.
Months before the release, DeMille drummed up
publicity for the film by working with E.J. Ruegemer,
a Minnesota juvenile court judge and member of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles.

In the 1940s, Ruegemer launched a nationwide campaign
to post copies of the Ten Commandments in juvenile
courts across the country. His goal - to provide a
moral foundation for troubled youth. When DeMille
caught wind of the idea, he suggested to the judge
that they work together to erect granite monuments
of the Ten Commandments across the nation. DeMille's
goal - to plug a new film. A deal was made.