Confederate Memorial Carving
© Peter Kaminski
Confederate Memorial Carving is also known as Stone Mountain Carving. It is a memorial to the Confederacy and it consists of the equestrian figures of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis. They were carved on the northern face of Stone Mountain, a granite dome of 198 m (650 ft) high in northwestern Georgia, not far from Atlanta.
The memorial was commissioned by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1916 and was designed and partially executed by Gutzon Borglum. In 1925, sculptor Augustus Lukeman took charge of the project. Work stopped in 1930 and was not resumed until 1963, when the state of Georgia purchased the mountain and established a state park.
Walter Hahock completed the sculpture, which was dedicated in 1970. It is the largest bas-relief sculpture in the world, measuring 58 m (190 ft) by 27 m (90 ft).
You can take a cable car to the top of the mountain for excellent views over the surrounding area. Stone Mountain is immediately east from Atlanta and 900 km southwest from Washington D.C.
Images
Confederate Memorial Carving ©Peter Kaminski
Confederate Memorial Carving ©Ken Lund
