After settling with a Christian group who didn't want the Ten Commandments removed from Bradford County Courthouse, in Starke, Fla., American Atheists won the right to erect their own monument to atheism.

The 1,500-pound granite bench, which features quotations from Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and the group's founder, Madalyn Murray O’Hair, was unveiled in a ceremony on Saturday.


"American Atheists will work ... to ensure truth is placed next to the lies, civility next to barbarism," American Atheists President David Silverman told the Florida Times-Union.

Atheists on Twitter shared photos of the new monument:

@RichardDawkins A proud day as the first atheist monument on public lands in USA was unveiled yesterday. pic.twitter.com/7XZMCuGBLY — ASH: Capt'n Atheist (@CaptnAtheist) June 30, 2013

So happy to be here celebrating the first Atheist monument in the US with @AmericanAtheist president David Silverman. pic.twitter.com/J9h5QbUnDg — Cara (@CaraUCF) June 29, 2013