Officials said they will continue with their plan to move a veterans memorial that bears a covered ichthus, or "Jesus fish," from the Boone County Courthouse grounds.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that five opponents of the move spoke Tuesday morning during a regular Boone County Commission meeting, but the commission will not stop plans to transfer the Desert Storm veterans memorial to the private Columbia City Cemetery. A new monument will be put in its place.
The commission decided to move the memorial in August after it deemed the ichthus is a religious symbol that does not belong on government property. The symbol was covered in June 2014 with a plaque that read "Dedicated 1992."
The memorial lists the names of two Boone County men who died during Operation Desert Storm.