I still remember the National Geographic magazine showing the building of the Stone Mountain Monument.
IIRC, Stone Mountain was sculpted by the builder of Mount Rushmore.
If BLM tries to storm either one on this Fourth of July weekend, there will be bloodshed. People are fed up and a new “wokeness” is starting to emerge.
On one family vacation we visited Stone Mountain. The tramway was running and while traveling to the top of the mountain we could see the workers carving the figures. I would say that it was about 80% complete when I visited.
Very impressive!