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Monument to Michelle Obama ancestor knocked over in Ga.

Clayton County Commissioner Sonna Singleton tells WSB-TV that a stone monument to Michelle Obama's great-great-great-grandmother, Melvinia Shields, was pushed over and will need to be inspected for cracks.

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In this image taken from video provided by WSB-TV, people stand near the location of a knocked-over monument dedicated to Melvinia Shields, the great-great-great grandmother of first lady Michelle Obama, June 10, in Rex, Ga. Police are investigating the incident.
  • By Associated Press

| REX, Ga.

Police in Georgia are investigating after a聽monument聽dedicated to one of first lady Michelle Obama's聽relatives was knocked over in suburban Atlanta.

Clayton County Commissioner Sonna Singleton tells WSB-TV聽that a stone聽monumentto Michelle聽Obama's聽great-great-great-grandmother, Melvinia Shields, was pushed over and will need to be inspected for cracks. The report was aired Monday.

Officials say Shields was born into slavery in the mid-1800s and later settled in Rex, Ga., 鈥� about 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.

Officials say the聽monument聽was installed about a year ago, and the county commission organized a celebration later this month to recognize Shields' connection to the White House.

It wasn't immediately clear when the聽monument聽was toppled.

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