A new push to change Georgia law concerning Stone Mountain’s Confederate monument
The 3,200-acre park sees more than 4 million visitors each year, but it’s best known for the large carving of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on the mountainside.
Marcus Patton, who serves on the Stone Mountain Action Coalition, says he’s facing an uphill battle as his group fights for what it calls a “more inclusive park.”
“The thing that troubles me, because I love this place so much, is that many people refer to Stone Mountain. And what they’re talking about is the Confederate aspects of it,” Patton told CBS News.
SMAC is part of the latest push to tweak Georgia law by swapping out language requiring “an appropriate and suitable Confederate memorial at Stone Mountain” for a new ordinance that would educate the public about the natural history of the mountain and its environment.
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