Georgia monument mountain. The georgia guidestones are a granite monument erected in 1980 in elbert county georgia in the united statesa set of 10 guidelines is inscribed on the structure in eight modern languages and a shorter message is inscribed at the top of the structure in four ancient language scripts. Located just east of atlanta stone mountain is an easily identifiable landmark when flying into the worlds. Its stone mountain and its an enormous indelible monument to the confederacy.
Stone mountain is well known for not only its. Georgia law states that the memorial to the heroes of the confederate states of. The georgia law that protects stone mountain other confederate monuments a sandblaster cleaning the carving of three confederate leaders on stone mountain.
August 15 2020 409 pm cbs news. Stone mountain confederate memorial features general robert e. Stone mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of stone mountain park near the city of stone mountain georgiathe park is owned by the state of georgia and managed by norcross based herschend family entertainmentat its summit the elevation is 1686 feet 514 m above sea level and 825 feet 251 m above the surrounding area.
There are also legal complications since stone mountain monument has been under georgia preservation since 2001. Carved into a granite mountain the bas relief sculpture is the largest confederate monument ever crafted. Georgia activists seek to remove stone mountain the granddaddy of confederate monuments the engraved georgia memorial is americas largest confederate monument.
Lee stonewall jackson and jefferson davisand has stirred up controversy in georgia for years.