Confederate Imagery On Stone Mountain Is Changing, But Not Fast ... - NPR
Jun 21, 2021 · The 90-foot carving on the side of Stone Mountain in Georgia is the largest Confederate monument in the world. As the U.S. undergoes racial reckoning, the monument's future remains in doubt.
Memorial Carving - Stone Mountain Park
The largest high relief sculpture in the world, the Confederate Memorial Carving, depicts three Confederate figures of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson.
Changes are coming to the nation’s largest Confederate …
May 30, 2021 · CNN — Changes announced last week at Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park, home to the nation’s largest Confederate monument, are “the boldest step that has been taken” at the park since the state...
Stone Mountain - Wikipedia
In July 2015, the Atlanta NAACP proposed removing the Confederate carving from Stone Mountain Park. [45] However, this would require the approval of the Georgia Legislature, as would any change to a "military monument" in the state. [46]
What Will Happen to Stone Mountain, America’s Largest Confederate ...
Aug 22, 2017 · But what’s a state to do when the monument in question is carved 42 feet deep and 400 feet above ground into a granite mountain, with figures of General Lee, General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson...
Stone Mountain Georgia: How the Confederate memorial carving …
Jul 8, 2020 · The Confederate memorial carving at Georgia’s Stone Mountain is etched with more than a century of racist history. But tearing it down won’t be so easy. By Rebecca Onion
Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain - Atlanta History …
The carving on the side of Stone Mountain is the largest Confederate monument in the world. The mountain is engraved with a sculpture of well-known people from the Confederacy: Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states, and generals …
Giant Confederate leaders carving to stay intact, for now ... - CBS News
May 25, 2021 · Critics have called on the board to remove the colossal sculpture of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson from the mountain's...
Stone Mountain, Georgia - Smarthistory
[0:16] This carving is widely understood as a potent symbol of white supremacy. Carved onto the face of the mountain are three figures: the general Robert E. Lee, the general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis.
The truth about Stone Mountain’s giant Confederate memorial
Jan 12, 2023 · The vast bas-relief sculpture of Jefferson Davis, Robert. E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson—the Confederacy’s president and two top generals—stretches over three acres of elevated rock face. As...