Pride in heritage. Fine sons of the South. I salute them.
Posted on 09/25/2002 8:56:52 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
STONE MOUNTAIN — The wind is strong 825 feet in the air.
And for geologists and others preparing to rappel more than 400 feet, the wind is an important factor.
On Tuesday, a team of three geologists and five assistants worked to clean and inspect the Confederate carving on the north face of Stone Mountain, the world’s largest relief sculpture.
Riding the sky lift back up to work Tuesday morning, Ryan Moran had little to say about the 10-hour job ahead of him. But he did note that the wind had died down since he was last eye-to-eye with a Confederate war hero.
Two of the geologists on the team had worked on Mount Rushmore, in Black Hills, S.D.
According to Christine Parker, Stone Mountain Park’s spokeswoman, the carving was completed in 1970 and was last inspected in 1994. She called the rappellers work “routine maintenance” for years of erosion.
Tuesday’s activity may have scared the three goats that live on the side of the mountain, she said, but it’s necessary to keep the site’s
4 million annual visitors happy.
The rappellers had planned to spend the entire day in the air, even eating lunch with Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee.
The sculpture includes Davis, the first president of the Confederacy, his horse Blackjack, Lee, and his horse Traveler and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on his horse Little Sorrel. General Lee stands nine stories tall, according to documents.
The granite from the mountain has been used in construction projects throughout the world, including the locks of the Panama Canal and the U.S. Capitol. The park is one of the most popular attractions in the United States and the most popular in Georgia.
Pride in heritage. Fine sons of the South. I salute them.
I think that Gen. Lee would be pleased about that.
I don't reckon Yankees get to San Antonio much....
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Or maybe he does get it, and that's why we haven't heard from him in a while.
Are you advocating affirmative action quotas for employment at the Stone Mountain park, Walt?
I thought someone would call me on the fact that the park has made an effort to diversify. Back in 1997 or so, the Atlanta paper ran an article that noted that of 900 employees, only 3 were black. I think it's higher now. But having a statistically insignificant number of minorities DOES seem fitting for a park celebrating the so-called CSA, doesn't it?
I don't suppport quotas, ever.
Walt
Most notably memorialized on Stone Mountain are Lee, Davis and Jackson -- losers all.
They were not only losers because they supported a cause that Bruce Catton called "almost helpless" before the power of the north, or because their revolution had no solid basis -- the armies of the CSA mostly weren't defeated they mostly melted away, or because they were no match for the savvy, skill and determination of Abraham Lincoln, they were losers because they fought against the future.
Walt
I am not a yankee; I was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
I don't see the defenders of the Alamo as losers, but I guess you do.
The massacre at the Alamo galvanized public opinion in the United States; it was a big factor ultimately in gaining Texas independence.
The Texans were ultimately successful, while the so-called CSA is rightly on the ash heap of history.
Walt
I attended Stone Mountain High School (class of '73) and know exactly what you are talking about. Just last month, my wife and I visited Stone Mountain. While there, we found a lovely area and she remarked how romantic it was. I had to laugh, since that was my favorite place to take girls when I was dating.
Unfortunatly, those darn park police had a bad habit of shining a flashlight into the car at the worse possible moment! Actually, I think they would do that on purpose, for their own amusement.
Hey, Walt, everyone else on this thread can see right through you. IOW, you're looking like an empty suit (or whatever else you dress yourself in.)
For some reason (probably having to do with your ego,) you don't seem to be able to conceptualize the difference between the conflict and the men who fought.
No, wait, you did make the distinction in one comment about the Vietnam War Memorial. Or was that because the Vietnam vets who are still here could come over and beat your butt, but all the Civil War vets are dead?
Now there's a concept. If a Vietnam vet came over and beat you up, would that make you a loser? Or would you still think that your superior ideas (in you lofty opinion of yourself) would make you a winner?
Hmmmmmmmm?
My first real laugh of the day! LOL!
These would probably be replicas of the Nine Lords a Leaping that adorned the First Christmas Tree during x42's reign. Certain body parts were, uh, standing at attention. I'm sure this was for the children who toured the White House at Christmas.
Then why are you overly concerned with statistically sampling the skin color of a particular business's employees?
Then why are you overly concerned with statistically sampling the skin color of a particular business's employees?
Overly concerned? It was a newspaper article.
Walt
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