(U.S.) Atlanta: “Stone Mountain: What confederate lovers can learn from the Germans” – by Cliff Albright
— “I definitely don’t like oversized, stone-carved tributes such as the one on Stone Mountain which pictures Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson”
— “The laser beams started to outline the profiles on the mountain’s carving, and then proceeded to show a series of images designed to generate sympathy for the confederates. All of this to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic (you know–‘Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!’) with special emphasis on the line ‘his truth is marching on’.
— “It became painfully clear to me that the ‘truth’ this little display was paying tribute to was not ‘God’s truth’ as mentioned in the actual lyrics, but Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis’ truth, a truth dedicated to the preservation of slavery.”
— “Both Samuel Venable, the owner of the mountain in the early 1900s when the carving project was started, as well as Gutzon Borglum, the original sculptor, were members of the KKK;”
— “In November of 1915, a ceremony was held on top of the mountain to commemorate the rebirth of the KKK. It is believed that this rebirth was sparked by the unabashedly racist film, Birth of a Nation; and”
— “Venable deeded property rights to the KKK so the Klan could hold meetings and activities on the mountain; these rights stayed in place until sometime in the 1960s”
— KISS 104.1 Family Soul Fest – Stone Mountain Park – Memorial Lawn