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wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)
Sun Oct 11, 2015, 09:13 AM Oct 2015

A monument to MLK will crown Stone Mountain (Georgia)

On the summit of Stone Mountain, yards away from where Ku Klux Klansmen once burned giant crosses, just above and beyond the behemoth carving of three Confederate heroes, state authorities have agreed to erect a monument to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Specifically, an elevated tower — featuring a replica of the Liberty Bell — would celebrate the single line in the civil rights martyr’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech that makes reference to the 825-foot-tall hunk of granite: “Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.”

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/10/11/a-monument-to-mlk-will-crown-stone-mountain/

Well, this should keep people occupied in GA for the next few years...

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A monument to MLK will crown Stone Mountain (Georgia) (Original Post) wyldwolf Oct 2015 OP
Ah! True to my home state, the comments reflect the REAL rural Georgia. CurtEastPoint Oct 2015 #1
As a resident of Georgia, I approve. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #2

CurtEastPoint

(18,644 posts)
1. Ah! True to my home state, the comments reflect the REAL rural Georgia.
Sun Oct 11, 2015, 09:41 AM
Oct 2015

Actually, anyone outside of Atlanta.

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