Atlanta NAACP Says “They Can Sand Blast Lee, Jefferson Davis, And Jackson” Off Stone Mountain

CBS Atlanta ^ | 7/13/15 | Maria Boynton

[barmag25]

The Atlanta Chapter of the NAACP is calling for the removal of the Confederacy from Stone Mountain Park. Local chapter president Richard Rose says, “It is time for Georgia and other Southern states to end the glorification of slavery and white supremacy, paid for and maintained, with the taxes of all its citizens.” According to Rose, “all of this recognition of Confederate generals is upholding the white supremacy on which the Confederacy was founded and the war was fought.” He goes on to say, “all of this should have ended in 1865 when Lee surrendered to Appomattox.” He’s referring to, what historians refer to as, one of the last battles before Confederate Army General Robert Lee surrendered to Union Army Lt. Ulysses Grant on April 9, 1865. Recent debate about the emblems was sparked by the mass killings at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Alleged gunman Dylann Roof was seen in photographs posing with the Confederate Flag. While some consider the flag as a commemoration of their heritage, others consider it a symbol of hate. On Friday, South Carolina removed the flag from its statehouse grounds.

Georgia removed the Confederate emblem from its flag in 2001, though the “Stars and Bars” from the First National Confederate Flag remain on the state flag. The Confederate Flag still flies at Stone Mountain Park, which is owned by and run by the State of Georgia. Many, like Congressman Hank Johnson, see the park as a museum for the Confederacy. According to Johnson, “where do we draw the line, do we blast the faces off of Stone Mountain?” Rose says “yes”. He adds, “they can sand blast Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Jackson off tomorrow. I’d be extremely elated.”

[FreedomPoster]

I haven’t been in years, but I always enjoyed it.

I saw Ray Charles on the lawn 20-25 years ago; it was great!

I guess he couldn’t see the carving.

;-P

[CatherineofAragon]

Yep. I’ve seen it myself.

[Cats Pajamas]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[hoagy62]

Y’know...I wouldn’t be surprised at all if some feral ‘youts’ found a way to get their hands on some RPG’s (I’m sure they’re out there somewhere for the right price) and snuck in and fired them off at the sculpture.

Wonder what would happen then?

[aloppoct]

How can a small group dictate a whole nation. Stone Mountain is part of southern tradition. It does not need a poke in the eye. Much time and effort was put into the design of the park. Here is what I wrote yesterday:

To: 2ndDivisionVet
In the late 60’s, while at Griswald Winters and Swain, we developed the master plan for the park at Stone Mountain. For the open meadow at the base of the sculpture, we provided individual landscape settings for each of the thirteen confederate states. The individual designs featured each state’s flowers and trees, along with their individual state flag.

Each landscape setting was positioned and chosen based upon the order of each state’s succession and framed so that there was no obscured view of the sculpture. This was many years ago, and was developed to show reverence for southern history: a history that should not be dismissed.

17 posted on 8/1/2015, 10:13:38 AM by aloppoct (stucnsf)