It is the world’s largest outcropping of granite, and on its northeastern elevation is the world’s largest bass relief carving, nearly three football fields long and 90 feet tall, a trio of Confederate leaders — President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and General Stonewall Jackson, facing the eastern horizon on horseback. The Stone Mountain monument shares its initial sculptor with Mount Rushmore.

And today, one of America’s and certainly Georgia’s most visited “rock groups” has something new directly in their line of sight, almost at the feet of their famed steeds. In Valor Park, at the base of the long Memorial Hall lawn, is a circle of battle flags of the Confederacy, all in turn slightly yielding to a taller flag pole, containing the flag of the United States of America.

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Bill Crane is a syndicated columnist based in Decatur. He has worked in politics for Democrats and Republicans, respects the process and will try and give you some things to think about. Your thoughts and responses to his opinions are also welcome, bill.csicrane@gmail.com.

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