Results: Stone Mountain, Georgia
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Stone Mountain is one of the world's most famous exposed monoliths, located on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia. Its base has a circumference of 5 miles and a height that reaches 825 feet above ground. There are hiking trails to the top for the energetic or a skyride aerial tram for the more leisurely guests. Have you ever visited Stone Mountain? Yes
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189 votes
No
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Not sure
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Stone Mountain's early quarrying industry shipped granite globally and It was used on projects such as Fort Knox, the Panama Canal, the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, and in the foundation of the Lincoln Memorial. Did you know that almost every state has a building that uses Stone Mountain granite? Yes
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Stone Mountain has not been without its controversy. In 1916 the North face was leased to the United Daughters of the Confederacy with plans for a Confederate Memorial Relief Carving. This carving is of the President of the Confederate States Jefferson Davis on his horse Blackjack, General Robert E Lee on his horse Traveler and General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on Little Sorrel. The unveiling in 1970 was awkward as it closely followed the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The Charleston church shooting has surged new controversy against anything Confederate and this includes the relief on Stone Mountain. The Atlanta NAACP has called for the removal of the carving along with dozens of other Confederate monuments on government property. Do you agree that the historical relief carving should be removed? No I do not agree. This is history and a part of our nation.
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Yes I agree. The time has come to wipe away any remnants of offensive national history.
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Half and half. The men need to go but the horses can stay.
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405 votes
Other (please specify)
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| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.98% | 33 | |
| na | 1.08% | 18 |
| n/a | 0.84% | 14 |
| not sure | 0.18% | 3 |
| no idea | 0.12% | 2 |
| . | 0.06% | 1 |
| i don't think history needs to be whitewashed or erased, but it also doesn't have to be on government property. | 0.06% | 1 |
| not my place to say. | 0.06% | 1 |
| i am not sure it is a part of history but it is offensive to some so i really dont know | 0.06% | 1 |
| cannot keep paying for sins of our fathers | 0.06% | 1 |
| do not kknow | 0.06% | 1 |
| i believe that history is important good and bad .this is not an issue that affects me as i am canadian. | 0.06% | 1 |
| n a | 0.06% | 1 |
| pp | 0.06% | 1 |
| it can stay, but the idea of behind the confederates needs to go | 0.06% | 1 |
| idk | 0.06% | 1 |
| d ont care | 0.06% | 1 |
| zundecidedf | 0.06% | 1 |
| canada | 0.06% | 1 |
| they lost the war sooooo yeah. | 0.06% | 1 |
| i dont know | 0.06% | 1 |
| if so then, all king memprials should be banned and or removed. | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't care | 0.06% | 1 |
| not applicable | 0.06% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.06% | 1 |
| no opinion | 0.06% | 1 |
| have no idea | 0.06% | 1 |
| i don't know | 0.06% | 1 |
| other | 0.06% | 1 |
| have to think this over | 0.06% | 1 |
| ioiu9 | 0.06% | 1 |
| not enough information | 0.06% | 1 |
| if this monument is destroyed so should every monument depicting indian fighters such as custer because they commemorate not just slavery but genocide | 0.06% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't know | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't know. | 0.06% | 1 |
| i'm canadian not applicable | 0.06% | 1 |
| i don | 0.06% | 1 |
| i do not know enough about american history to make a proper decision | 0.06% | 1 |
| no, i do not agree. people need to be educated about who they were and why they should not be emulated. | 0.06% | 1 |
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