In Georgia; right outside of Atlanta in DeKalb County, there is a mountain that stands out from the rest. This mountain is completely made of granite. It is 5,000 feet long, seven miles around the base and a mile to the summit up the sloping side. Records say it is the largest mountain made of stone. This mountain is ironically named Stone Mountain and there is a Confederate memorial that is on the side of it. Confederate monuments evoke southern pride and preserve Confederate memory throughout the South; however, the NAACP states the Confederate monument at Stone Mountain is a glorification of white supremacy.
As Tony Horwitz described it, “the largest hunk of exposed granite in the world, the dome shaped mountain poked up from Atlanta’s wooded perimeter like a very, very bald man in a crowd.” At Stone Mountain there is a Confederate memorial that lies on the northern side of the mountain. This memorial has three Confederate figures on their best horses facing towards the North-East. These three Confederate figures from the Civil War era are Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis. These men were chosen based on their efforts in the Civil War and to show the remembrance of those who had lost their lives in battle.
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In 2015, Jess Engebretson expresses Stone Mountain has become part of a heated debate, nationally; including the Confederate monument itself and Confederate flags. Engebretson goes into the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina and why the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) wants the monument removed, completely. The NAACP says the image is a glorification of white supremacy. It is very clear to what the Confederacy stands for. As the president of the NAACP stated in his interview with WSBTV, the state’s tax dollars should not be used to celebrate
As Tony Horwitz described it, “the largest hunk of exposed granite in the world, the dome shaped mountain poked up from Atlanta’s wooded perimeter like a very, very bald man in a crowd.” At Stone Mountain there is a Confederate memorial that lies on the northern side of the mountain. This memorial has three Confederate figures on their best horses facing towards the North-East. These three Confederate figures from the Civil War era are Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis. These men were chosen based on their efforts in the Civil War and to show the remembrance of those who had lost their lives in battle.
Like any Confederate …show more content…
In 2015, Jess Engebretson expresses Stone Mountain has become part of a heated debate, nationally; including the Confederate monument itself and Confederate flags. Engebretson goes into the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina and why the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) wants the monument removed, completely. The NAACP says the image is a glorification of white supremacy. It is very clear to what the Confederacy stands for. As the president of the NAACP stated in his interview with WSBTV, the state’s tax dollars should not be used to celebrate