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Carved into the massive granite face of Stone Mountain in Georgia, the monument depicts three key figures of the Confederacy on horseback: Jefferson Davis, who served as the President of the Confederate States of America, and his two most famous generals, Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. The relief sculpture is the largest of its kind in the world, with the figures towering 90 feet high on a carved surface larger than a football field.
The monument's history is as complex as its scale is grand. First conceived in the 1910s, the project languished for decades due to funding issues and artistic disputes. The state of Georgia purchased the mountain in 1958 and revived the project as a memorial. The final, intensive phase of carving took place between 1963 and its dedication in 1972. This completion during the height of the American Civil Rights Movement has made the monument a continued subject of historical debate and controversy.
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