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The Stone Mountain Memorial Association is meeting today to discuss changes to the Confederate imagery at the park. Some of the proposed changes include creating an on-site exhibit to keep the tributes to the Confederacy in one area and renaming the Confederate hall building.
Giant Confederate leaders carving to stay intact, for now, at Georgia s Stone Mountain
May 25, 2021 / 8:12 AM / CBS/AP Taking down Confederate monuments
The board overseeing a mountain park near Atlanta that has a giant carving of Confederate leaders voted Monday to relocate Confederate flags from a busy walking trail and create a museum exhibit that acknowledges the site s connection to the Ku Klux Klan. But the board didn t address the carving.
The moves it did make were part of an effort by the Stone Mountain Memorial Association to address criticism of the park s Confederate legacy and shore up its finances. The chairman of the association s board promised more changes.