Georgia stone mountain kkk. Stone mountain confederate memorial which features a nine story high bas relief of confederate heroes and slave owners gen. Protesters have descended on the city of stone mountain georgia to counter the three percenters a far right group that requested to hold a 2000 person rally in nearby stone mountain park to. 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.
An atlanta constitution clipping from nov. The event was to commemorate the kkks 1915 revival in the same spot. 28 1915 describing the klan re establishment atop stone mountain.
Lesser known is that stone mountain is the symbolic birthplace of the modern ku klux klan. The organization in its most insidious form was reborn there one hundred years ago. About 1000 heavily armed militia all of whom were black marched through georgias stone mountain park on saturday challenging white nationalist groups in the area to either come out and fight.
Embedded in this mountain are two stories only one of which is captured in the bas relief. A dozen militias swore to defend stone mountain with armed fat whiteguys maga men if threatened but on july 4 there must have been a monster truck rally somewhere nearby. This week the sacred knights of the ku klux klan was denied a permit request to burn a cross atop stone mountain.
In may 2017 the sacred knights of the ku klux klan submitted a request to the stone mountain memorial association to hold a lighting ceremony at the mountains summit fox news reported. Stone mountain is well known for not only its. The mountain known for its massive confederate memorial carving and hiking trails was also the location of the rebirth of the kkk in 1915.