Stone Mountain Is Again an Ideological Battlefield

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Stone Mountain Is Again an Ideological BattlefieldStone Mountain Is Again an Ideological BattlefieldSometimes called the Mount Rushmore of the Confederacy, the granite relief of Davis, Lee, and Jackson is the center of a charged debate.
 Published  Aug 25, 2017 BACKPACKER Contributors and Editors
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Is it a symbol of racism that should be removed—or a work of public art, a history lesson, and the centerpiece of one of Georgia’s top tourist attractions? The fate of Stone Mountain, a 190-by-90-foot carving which was conceived in 1915 and completed in 1972, is again up for debate. 
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