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Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park, 15 miles (24 km) east of Atlanta, Georgia. Outside the park is the city of Stone Mountain, Georgia. The park is the most visited tourist site in the state of Georgia. The park is owned by the state of Georgia.
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 Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
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. 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.
The granite block is a monadnock, or isolated mountain, created by a pocket of magma trapped underground 300 million years ago and only coming to the surface, through uplift and erosion, 15...
Stone Mountain, Georgia. by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Perhaps the largest relief sculpture in the world, this Confederate memorial is an expression of 20th and 21st century racial politics.
Located sixteen miles east of Atlanta, Stone Mountain Park is a 3,200-acre world of recreation and family fun. The centerpiece of the park is Stone Mountain itself, the world's largest exposed mass of granite. The memorial carving on the face of the mountain is about the size of a football field.
A new documentary from the Atlanta History Center highlights the role the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century played in the creation of Stone Mountain, the world's largest Confederate monument.
The Atlanta History Center is working to explore and further conversations about the complex history of the largest confederate monument in the world. The museum recently released a new documentary called “Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain.”
The mountain is a large dome, quartz monadnock or isolated rock that rises 1686 feet above sea level. It boasts the largest high relief sculpture in the world that depicts three civil war heroes, President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.