>> reporter: in georgia despite a flurry of tweets urging the removal or sand blasting and the georgia naacp stating. >> we as the birthplace of the civil rights movement must act in accordance with true american values. >> reporter: any change at stone mountain is complicated. georgia state law has a clear mandate for the memorial saying, it should be, quote, preserved and protected for all time as a tribute to the bravery and heroism of the citizens of this state who suffered. the carving of this monument was a 60 year project, initially involving a sculpt tour of south carolina's mt. rush more. it would be completed under richard nixon's administration. 45 years later, under the nation's 45th president, stone mountain's carving and confederate monuments like it, both landmarks and lightning rods. underscoring under perspective on americans of the