I often heard about Stone Mountain but never really knew what it was. Your visit to it really enlightened me. I did not know about the carving either. Simply amazing. Thanks for sharing.
What a great video! Thanks for sharing! I felt as if I was there with you both. I haven't been there since I was about 4 or 5 years old and now I am 52 years old. So my memory had faded, but you helped bring back the little memory I did have of Stone Mountain. So thanks again.
I moved to Atlanta after leaving Desert Shield and Desert Storm 1990-1991 🏜 Persian Gulf War in August 1991 to attend Georgia State University (Grad 97). My plan was to move back to Houston. 33 years later, i am still living Metro Atlanta. I lived in Stone Mountain ⛰️ in December 31, 1998. I am a true lover of Stone Mountain ⛰️ Park. I would ride my mountain bike every morning at 7am and study for college State licensing exam til 2pm then leave for work( days i did not have yo go work. I would stay and run or ride my mountain bike around the base of the mountain ⛰️ for 1 hour. I had membership to Stone Mountain Park ⛰️. My 2 middle school/high school age sons spent a lot of time usalizing the parks attractions (walking up and down the mountain's ⛰️ trails and riding up and down on the mountain's lift. We also rode the mountain view👀 train and lake scenic railroat, summit skyride, steamboat🚢, ⛱️ . Pinic area(barbecue grills ), and etc. I still today vist stone mountain park⛰️ on a regular base. I am an outdoor 😎 fan of nature to include water💧, plants🪴 🌿, rocks 🪨 , and music 🎶 concerts, and etc.
As a 31 year old Georgian who has been to and seen Stone Mountain countless times I must say that it’s probably one of the top ten most peculiar objects Ive ever seen. Maybe that Godzilla movie was onto something. I don’t believe this structure is of earth.
For those who don't know. Stone Mountain hasn't been Klan territory for a long time. Although it's a Confederate Monument, most people go there to work out / exercise.
From the UK. Watched this video and it brought me back some very fond memories and some very sad ones too as I was vacationing with my girlfriend at the time in 2016. Very much doubt I will be returning there. Amazing place, amazing experience. Thank you . :o)
@@jasonbrown467 Nope, mostly just tear down the loser statues. The Confederacy last 5 years. It was a fart in the wind. The XFL of governments. #hillbillyhill
Can you imagine going to Germany and having Hitler and the third REich and there 1000 year monuments that they built, but letting the daughters of The Nazi party leaders erect another 750 statues and name 10 bases after the Nazi leaders. Instead of Camp Pendleton they could have Camp Keitel so we can remember history. They could have named another 700 schools and Avenues after the nazi leaders so we never do that again. Another visit to Paradise.
@Jan Brady Just some hard working men, doing there own work on their own land. That's the thing about Southerners, they don't cry for a redicilously long time after they lose. None of them ever won a war either. Or controlled a Country. Bing bing Bing bong.
I went today, but Gondola was closed due to high cross winds. No way to hold place in line for when it reopened. I wish they would post it on there site. I’m local, but an hour to get there. They were nice enough to refund the $20.00 parking fee.
Thank you Adam and Abby for sharing this, for me it was mind blowing just the size of the rock and the carving and I’m in Australia, this looks bloody awesome, I’m really liking your adventures, thanks you
I understand why people want that monument gone. The South was built on the backs of slavery. How many slaves were abused and/or killed in the old south, and after, by members of organizations like the KKK? These men fought to keep them enslaved. It should go!
@@zivkovicable I never stated he wasn't a socialist... National, Communist or otherwise. I just pray we don't try to erase history. To date the Civil War is still the worst war for the most killed Americans. Wars seem to be our doomed prusit. My uncle as a young man was fighting for his home just like my dad but, on the other side. Uncle Bill was in the Kriegsmarine. Learn from them it is a lot more about Us and Them then Good and Bad. Besides , Orwell wrote "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Was he a policeman or an anarchist when he wrote that? CSA statues on every court house lawn and Southern capital need to go I concur. Looting and burning a Wal-Mart or a small mom & pop cafe or store? Hell no! Don't like Stone Mountain or a battlefield monument like the Angel of Fredericksburg then don't go there. The real fight for us all and what is killing too many of us is this damn virus.
@@q187k Sir, I don't know that history myself. I know more about Mt. Rushmore but, as you have stated the images will fade from time and the elements. One day maybe 1,000 years hence both of those sculptings will vanish from the face of both mountains. Might be a few humans left that can just enjoy the natural beauty.
propiedad de los Hermanos Venable , "como un monumento a la Confederación". Stone Mountain Park se inauguró oficialmente el 14 de abril de 1965, 100 años después del asesinato de Lincoln , aunque el parque ya había estado en uso durante algunos años.
I used to hike up stone mountain everyday in the summers. The best time to go for young couples is in summer and an hour before dark. You can sit on top of the mountain and watch the sun set. It's beautiful.
Atlanta JA una bes e estado ai es marabilloso Lugar parque todo impresionante tuenes una amiga mas te espeto en mi cocina me pasie por todo la montaña en ese bus es una gran esperiencia grasias por comosrtir esa montaña es imorecionante y su historia 😍❤️
@@darealbounceback4628 Not gonna happen. And it's nothing to do with racism. Well it may be due to racism from you. The act of monument erasing, just like ISIS did, will not be tolerated much longer, mark my words.
@@matthewblackwood4704 Not only are your words marked, but all evil monuments -- whether you don't like it -- will be toppled, just like Nazi Germany was.
Thanks for sharing I have been there but it was 15 or 20+ years ago. Do they have a steam train there? I'M think I remember one but not sure? It is a beautiful park and the views are awesome from on top.
This was great! We loved this entire adventure! You brought back a lot of memories to my fiancé. Thank you!! We have subscribed and will be a follower from now on.
One summer we hiked to the top. We get to the top and I asked a guy “Where’s the carving?” He said it’s on the other side of the mountain. Oops. We then drove around and got some pictures. What a awesome site.
New subscribers here! We are heading back to our part time home in Ellijay GA from Central Fla and we’ve never been to Stone Mt. thanks for the video looking forward to watching your other adventures, and visiting Stone Mt. ~Cara
Hey guys, History is History and you can't change it! The best way of coming to terms with is LEARN and don't let happen again. You guys in the USA better sort it out or your going to self destruct.
Do they still do the laser show? If so, then go see it. Also, the hike up the mountain is pretty cool. You might see some people actually RUNNING up and down the mountain... which is an insane level of skill.
I love old history. The Confederacy lost. So did the Indians. It takes nothing away from their acts of courage in war. The face of the sculpture was used on US currency, also like the Indians
@@mattharker9212 I thought they was one in the same. I stand corrected son. That mountain is in Bama though, anyone'll tell you that. But yessir I agree about Atlanta being also in the South
Matt C - We love the Rocket State!!!! Awesome beaches too!!! I was at the dedication of Stone Mountain by VP Agnew back in ‘72. Just remember my parents dragging me there - and Stone Mountain used to have an amusement park (the only reason I would go at 5 😁)
We got here this past Sunday. Unfortunately because the kids went back to school this week, half the activities at Stone Mountain are open Saturday only including the light show. Bummer!
Kool place, tho I haven't been there in 15+ years, a sad thing since I live in GA. It's my understanding that many fell off the edge prior to the fence installation. Tks, A & A!!
Better late than never and this is my Stone mountain story first of all if I lived in the campground for 5 months when I first moved to Georgia as a young adult so I got very familiar with the the mountain and the area, I furthermore lived within eyesight of that mountain for over 15 years.....it used to be a totally phenomenal place to go visit but after the Olympics they had turned all the roads one way and literally ruined thatPark....back in the 80s it was a beautiful place to take your family on the weekends to picnic fish camp people watch just a smorgasbord of activities I truly miss those days. Thanks for the video You Two the point of my posting was as a young man after about six months I invited my mother and stepfather down and I stomped my foot and one of the old trolleys cars which was really small and had aluminum floors and my mother turned with the speed of lightning and bitch slapped me in and left a handprint on the side of my face for over 2 hours...my wife almost pee'ed her self
something I heard elaborate on or Adam says there's names carved all over up here there that was a brother Freemason from Akron Ohio back in 1920 ...I think it was 1924 👍🇺🇸
All of you people commenting about the carving and that it stands for slavery - please people pick up a history book. And not a history book written in the last 20 years by Democrats, but a true unbiased historical account that was written by historians with no political agenda. The Civil War was NOT over slavery. Slavery was a tiny, tiny, tiny issue compared to everything else the war stood for. People who fought for the Confederacy were 99.9999% non slave holders. They were fighting for right not to be told what to do with their own lives. Their kin had moved to an entirely new continent in search of freedom, to be free from the rules of kings and queens, and they didn't want their new home to become as constricting as the one they left behind. They wanted 100% freedom. Yes, of course slavery was wrong and shouldn't have been done, but that is NOT what these people were fighting for. Besides- people all over the world had slaves, not just the white American southerns. It was a common practice. In fact, blacks in Africa owned the very slaves they sold to white slave traders. Please stop twisting actual history into whatever narrative you want. READ A BOOK.
Yeah I have a degree in American history and don’t know how to break it to you but the Civil War was fought over slavery so try again. Please stop trying to re-write history because you’re uncomfortable with it. Also Stone Mountain was a meeting place for the Ku Klux Klan. The fact that now it’s an entertainment area with a very uncomfortable sculpture that has a long outlived its purpose is it truth that you simply cannot deal with. By the way the purpose was to intimidate Black people in the state of Georgia.Any statue or memorial that was put up after the Civil War was over or during the Jim Crow era was used for that purpose only. If you can’t handle the truth don’t try to change the story.
You don't need a "book" to know the truth. You just need to read the Confederate Constitution, the declarations of secession, Alexander Stephens's Cornerstone Speech, and the sayings of southern congressmen and Confederate generals to know what the Confederacy was all about.
@@robertvezse1234 - You forgot to mention one thing, the KKK was formed by the Democrat party. The NRA was created in1870 by the Republican party. Why was NRA created? So the newly freed slave could have the right to buy and own guns. Most people have not noticed that the folks that have degrees from college / university are mostly owned and taught under Democrat indoctrination. They teach people that earn degrees what THEY want you to believe.
TBD $20 for parking is really the only “costs” . They’ll soak you for a burger and a coke. However you can bring a cooler with your own food (I would strongly suggest not bring booze).
Leaving politics aside, it's really unfortunate that the natural beauty of stone mountain has been marred by the carving. I'm not just talking about the sculpture, but the jagged oval area around the sculpture. The rest of the mountain has graceful cures carved by eons of rainfall except for the area blasted out of the rock by man. If they ever do get rid of the sculpture I hope they try to restore the face to a more natural looking state and not replace it with another ideologcal image.
Stone Mountain is something we should all see at least once...so gorgeous.
It’s one of the most hideous things I can think of
I often heard about Stone Mountain but never really knew what it was. Your visit to it really enlightened me. I did not know about the carving either. Simply amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Racist ass place
What a great video! Thanks for sharing! I felt as if I was there with you both. I haven't been there since I was about 4 or 5 years old and now I am 52 years old. So my memory had faded, but you helped bring back the little memory I did have of Stone Mountain. So thanks again.
We are making our first trip to Stone Mountain tomorrow when we leave Daytona Bike Week Im excited 👊😁
How was it? Did they still have the carving of Stonewall Jackson or was it defaced due to Black Lives matter??🙄🤦♀️
I moved to Atlanta after leaving Desert Shield and Desert Storm 1990-1991 🏜 Persian Gulf War in August 1991 to attend Georgia State University (Grad 97). My plan was to move back to Houston. 33 years later, i am still living Metro Atlanta. I lived in Stone Mountain ⛰️ in December 31, 1998. I am a true lover of Stone Mountain ⛰️ Park. I would ride my mountain bike every morning at 7am and study for college State licensing exam til 2pm then leave for work( days i did not have yo go work. I would stay and run or ride my mountain bike around the base of the mountain ⛰️ for 1 hour. I had membership to Stone Mountain Park ⛰️. My 2 middle school/high school age sons spent a lot of time usalizing the parks attractions (walking up and down the mountain's ⛰️ trails and riding up and down on the mountain's lift. We also rode the mountain view👀 train and lake scenic railroat, summit skyride, steamboat🚢, ⛱️ . Pinic area(barbecue grills ), and etc. I still today vist stone mountain park⛰️ on a regular base. I am an outdoor 😎 fan of nature to include water💧, plants🪴 🌿, rocks 🪨 , and music 🎶 concerts, and etc.
Thanks I really enjoyed the video I'm planning to take a trip there to Stone mountain what a beautiful place
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Thanks Adam that was a cool trip and facts I never knew about Stone Mountain. That's one big rock.
As a 31 year old Georgian who has been to and seen Stone Mountain countless times I must say that it’s probably one of the top ten most peculiar objects Ive ever seen. Maybe that Godzilla movie was onto something. I don’t believe this structure is of earth.
For those who don't know. Stone Mountain hasn't been Klan territory for a long time. Although it's a Confederate Monument, most people go there to work out / exercise.
Oh I know, actually we know. Changes are coming even to stone mountain.
@secret service believe what you want baby. I'm good with you not being prepared. Keep sleeping my beautiful giant.
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From the UK. Watched this video and it brought me back some very fond memories and some very sad ones too as I was vacationing with my girlfriend at the time in 2016.
Very much doubt I will be returning there. Amazing place, amazing experience. Thank you . :o)
Probably one of the best mountains with Slave Masters that lost a war on the side of it.
right? doesent it make you want to put on a mask and go destroy or steal something?
@@jasonbrown467 Nope, mostly just tear down the loser statues. The Confederacy last 5 years. It was a fart in the wind. The XFL of governments. #hillbillyhill
Can you imagine going to Germany and having Hitler and the third REich and there 1000 year monuments that they built, but letting the daughters of
The Nazi party leaders erect another 750 statues and name 10 bases after the Nazi leaders. Instead of Camp Pendleton they could have Camp Keitel so we can remember history. They could have named another 700 schools and Avenues after the nazi leaders so we never do that again. Another visit to Paradise.
@Jan Brady Just some hard working men, doing there own work on their own land. That's the thing about Southerners, they don't cry for a redicilously long time after they lose. None of them ever won a war either. Or controlled a Country. Bing bing Bing bong.
@Jan Brady I heard he cried like a baby at Appamaducks.
Ahh, What a great share man , I does look like the moon ! .. ENJOYED ..
Better enjoy it while you can.
Yep!🌻
Why? Do you have a plan to do something?
Replace it with the winners of the Civil War: Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman. (Especially Sherman)
Thanks for showing.
Planning to visit park. Very helpful video! Thanks a lot!
I go here almost every week, you can never stop. It's so beautiful and the restaurant at the top has the best food ever
I went today, but Gondola was closed due to high cross winds. No way to hold place in line for when it reopened.
I wish they would post it on there site. I’m local, but an hour to get there. They were nice enough to refund the $20.00 parking fee.
Georgia don’t let the young generation dictate what should come down. This is history and history should not be removed.
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Oh, thanks for sharing. It recalled my own visit to Stone Mountain 8 years ago ❤️
very good video !! love you channel !!
Thank you Adam and Abby for sharing this, for me it was mind blowing just the size of the rock and the carving and I’m in Australia, this looks bloody awesome, I’m really liking your adventures, thanks you
I understand why people want that monument gone. The South was built on the backs of slavery. How many slaves were abused and/or killed in the old south, and after, by members of organizations like the KKK? These men fought to keep them enslaved. It should go!
Leave the carving dont erase history. I go once aweek to bike or hike up the mountain with my wife. The park is amazing.
@Nig Wat free free free. for a sec you sound like the woke liberal trash we have now in days always want shit for free.
Wow, sweaty palms material right there! Well done, Adam and Abby.
Think of the erosion that had to occur for an 800ft tall rock to appear! Seems like the ocean should be full of sediment with that much land gone!!
So when do the 1984 Newspeak Police have it blown up? Pray I am not predicting a scary future event.
1984 was written by a lifelong socialist. Orwell was ANTIFA. He literally killed fascists & toppled their statues during the Spanish civil war.
@@zivkovicable I never stated he wasn't a socialist... National, Communist or otherwise. I just pray we don't try to erase history. To date the Civil War is still the worst war for the most killed Americans. Wars seem to be our doomed prusit. My uncle as a young man was fighting for his home just like my dad but, on the other side. Uncle Bill was in the Kriegsmarine. Learn from them it is a lot more about Us and Them then Good and Bad. Besides , Orwell wrote "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Was he a policeman or an anarchist when he wrote that? CSA statues on every court house lawn and Southern capital need to go I concur. Looting and burning a Wal-Mart or a small mom & pop cafe or store? Hell no! Don't like Stone Mountain or a battlefield monument like the Angel of Fredericksburg then don't go there. The real fight for us all and what is killing too many of us is this damn virus.
@@q187k Sir, I don't know that history myself. I know more about Mt. Rushmore but, as you have stated the images will fade from time and the elements. One day maybe 1,000 years hence both of those sculptings will vanish from the face of both mountains. Might be a few humans left that can just enjoy the natural beauty.
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It should not be blown up. It should be sandblasted or replaced with Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman.
This eyesore needs to go.
Very, very cool you two....! Thanks for the visit...!!!
Really enjoy the adventures..
Thank you.
This is so cool. Can’t wait to visit
I went there Today and climbed the whole thing
propiedad de los Hermanos Venable , "como un monumento a la Confederación". Stone Mountain Park se inauguró oficialmente el 14 de abril de 1965, 100 años después del asesinato de Lincoln , aunque el parque ya había estado en uso durante algunos años.
Wonder if there's a "Mirror Image Carving) in bottom of Reflection Pool???🤔
I went to the lazer light show. That was amazing to watch
I used to hike up stone mountain everyday in the summers. The best time to go for young couples is in summer and an hour before dark. You can sit on top of the mountain and watch the sun set. It's beautiful.
Hey Abom79 and Abbey! Multiple thanks for another great adventure video!
YEE YEE brother! Stone Mountain is awesome round Christmas time.
Brings back memories. I used to live in Atlanta as a child and we went to Stone Mountain several times. I haven't been there in 23 or 24 years now
Atlanta JA una bes e estado ai es marabilloso Lugar parque todo impresionante tuenes una amiga mas te espeto en mi cocina me pasie por todo la montaña en ese bus es una gran esperiencia grasias por comosrtir esa montaña es imorecionante y su historia 😍❤️
Thank you for showing this and sharing your experiences in life muchly appreciated
I went here in the 80s and dont remember the ride to the top. They better never desecrate this monument..
In due time✊🏿
@@darealbounceback4628 Not gonna happen. And it's nothing to do with racism. Well it may be due to racism from you. The act of monument erasing, just like ISIS did, will not be tolerated much longer, mark my words.
@@matthewblackwood4704 Not only are your words marked, but all evil monuments -- whether you don't like it -- will be toppled, just like Nazi Germany was.
@@brazillo19 We will see about that. You people destroying monuments are the ones behaving like nazis.
Thanks for sharing I have been there but it was 15 or 20+ years ago. Do they have a steam train there? I'M think I remember one but not sure? It is a beautiful park and the views are awesome from on top.
Yes they do have a train there but we did not ride it. Not sure what the ride schedule is, probably on weekends. Goes all the way around the mountain.
This was great! We loved this entire adventure! You brought back a lot of memories to my fiancé. Thank you!! We have subscribed and will be a follower from now on.
One summer we hiked to the top. We get to the top and I asked a guy “Where’s the carving?” He said it’s on the other side of the mountain. Oops. We then drove around and got some pictures. What a awesome site.
Thank y'all for sharing your video. Looking forward to a trip up there and taking it all in. Looks like the fall season is a good time to do it in.
Going there monday!! Great video! Thanks,!
New subscribers here! We are heading back to our part time home in Ellijay GA from Central Fla and we’ve never been to Stone Mt. thanks for the video looking forward to watching your other adventures, and visiting Stone Mt. ~Cara
Looks like they have made a LOT of changes since I was last there! I can see Stone Mountain from my backyard! Used to be the Sunday cruise spot.
Abom, I have been there a couple of times and enjoyed each visit very much. Thank You for sharing.
Thank you loved this video Great place to see! Went there in 72 Changed a little
Nice!! How unique!! Thanks for taking me along....
I can't wait to go, thank you for a great video!!
That's a mighty good picture of you two!
Great video and the photo's worked out great !
Hey guys, History is History and you can't change it! The best way of coming to terms with is LEARN and don't let happen again. You guys in the USA better sort it out or your going to self destruct.
thanks for sharing! exactly the video I was looking for!
What a gorgeous, one of a kind, carving in granite of Lee, Davis and Stonewall on horseback. Truly inspirational! Thank you for your wonderful video.
Inspirational for what? For removing the non-white communities from USA? America white again?
Do they still do the laser show? If so, then go see it. Also, the hike up the mountain is pretty cool. You might see some people actually RUNNING up and down the mountain... which is an insane level of skill.
1n4r0m5d1.m31 I run up and down and I was tired
Awesome. I had no idea it even existed.
I love that place. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks my friends. Very interresting to studie american history. Take care and god bless.
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I was just curious to see if it was a real place as I first heard it used as Jake Roberts hometown in the WWF
History asside they should have never carved that beautiful mountainside. We destroy everything
Adam & Abby cool adventure thanks for sharing.!.!.!.
I love old history. The Confederacy lost. So did the Indians. It takes nothing away from their acts of courage in war. The face of the sculpture was used on US currency, also like the Indians
One of the best Confederate mountain in all of Bama. Good vid son, nuff said
Sorry Matt - it’s my town ATL.....but we are next to Bama 😊
@@mattharker9212 I thought they was one in the same. I stand corrected son. That mountain is in Bama though, anyone'll tell you that. But yessir I agree about Atlanta being also in the South
Matt C - We love the Rocket State!!!! Awesome beaches too!!! I was at the dedication of Stone Mountain by VP Agnew back in ‘72. Just remember my parents dragging me there - and Stone Mountain used to have an amusement park (the only reason I would go at 5 😁)
If you look closely in those puddles, you can find brine shrimp, or "sea monkeys".
We be eatin well tonight Martha!!!
I've been there before many years ago. I think that's the largest free standing rock.
No that would be Ayers Rock in Australia.
You haven't seen anything until you see the laser light show on the side of the mountain every night.
Thank you for taking us with you.
We got here this past Sunday. Unfortunately because the kids went back to school this week, half the activities at Stone Mountain are open Saturday only including the light show. Bummer!
Thanks great movie. One day I will be there till then thanks
Kool place, tho I haven't been there in 15+ years, a sad thing since I live in GA. It's my understanding that many fell off the edge prior to the fence installation. Tks, A & A!!
Nice views, beautiful place thank you for sharing❤️❤️❤️
I was there on Monday October 7 /2019 is good time visual!
Thanks for sharing.
Great trip definitely need to put on our bucket list.
Okay, that's awesome.😂👍🏻
If I go there,I`d hike the trail and do the sky car.
A lot of people are crying in the comments.
I visit stone mountain yesterday
I was there yesterday!
Go Chiefs! Like your hat Abby!!!
I just go to stone mountain yesterday
The heart of a dragon
The heart of a rotten dragon 😂😂😂
when my wife and I went they were putting on Laser shows against the wall at night.
1:43 , to hear hungarian language/voice , i am surprised . Also interesting place :D
Better late than never and this is my Stone mountain story
first of all if I lived in the campground for 5 months when I first moved to Georgia as a young adult so I got very familiar with the the mountain and the area, I furthermore lived within eyesight of that mountain for over 15 years.....it used to be a totally phenomenal place to go visit but after the Olympics they had turned all the roads one way and literally ruined thatPark....back in the 80s it was a beautiful place to take your family on the weekends to picnic fish camp people watch just a smorgasbord of activities I truly miss those days.
Thanks for the video You Two
the point of my posting was as a young man after about six months I invited my mother and stepfather down and I stomped my foot and one of the old trolleys cars which was really small and had aluminum floors and my mother turned with the speed of lightning and bitch slapped me in and left a handprint on the side of my face for over 2 hours...my wife almost pee'ed her self
something I heard elaborate on or Adam says there's names carved all over up here there that was a brother Freemason from Akron Ohio back in 1920 ...I think it was 1924 👍🇺🇸
All of you people commenting about the carving and that it stands for slavery - please people pick up a history book. And not a history book written in the last 20 years by Democrats, but a true unbiased historical account that was written by historians with no political agenda. The Civil War was NOT over slavery. Slavery was a tiny, tiny, tiny issue compared to everything else the war stood for. People who fought for the Confederacy were 99.9999% non slave holders. They were fighting for right not to be told what to do with their own lives. Their kin had moved to an entirely new continent in search of freedom, to be free from the rules of kings and queens, and they didn't want their new home to become as constricting as the one they left behind. They wanted 100% freedom. Yes, of course slavery was wrong and shouldn't have been done, but that is NOT what these people were fighting for. Besides- people all over the world had slaves, not just the white American southerns. It was a common practice. In fact, blacks in Africa owned the very slaves they sold to white slave traders. Please stop twisting actual history into whatever narrative you want. READ A BOOK.
Yeah I have a degree in American history and don’t know how to break it to you but the Civil War was fought over slavery so try again. Please stop trying to re-write history because you’re uncomfortable with it. Also Stone Mountain was a meeting place for the Ku Klux Klan. The fact that now it’s an entertainment area with a very uncomfortable sculpture that has a long outlived its purpose is it truth that you simply cannot deal with. By the way the purpose was to intimidate Black people in the state of Georgia.Any statue or memorial that was put up after the Civil War was over or during the Jim Crow era was used for that purpose only. If you can’t handle the truth don’t try to change the story.
I wonder if you have ever even read a history book, other than a state based book.
You all sound the damn same.
You don't need a "book" to know the truth. You just need to read the Confederate Constitution, the declarations of secession, Alexander Stephens's Cornerstone Speech, and the sayings of southern congressmen and Confederate generals to know what the Confederacy was all about.
@@robertvezse1234 - You forgot to mention one thing, the KKK was formed by the Democrat party. The NRA was created in1870 by the Republican party. Why was NRA created? So the newly freed slave could have the right to buy and own guns.
Most people have not noticed that the folks that have degrees from college / university are mostly owned and taught under Democrat indoctrination.
They teach people that earn degrees what THEY want you to believe.
@@nazfan01 yeah and republicans now waive around confederate flags. It's almost like the ideologies switched....
How was that rock formed.
Very cool . I need to get over there myself
Kool place, thank you for sharing
Thank you
How much ticket cost
TBD $20 for parking is really the only “costs” . They’ll soak you for a burger and a coke. However you can bring a cooler with your own food (I would strongly suggest not bring booze).
I went there when I was having a bad mental manic episode with my long lost family fun times
Adam I have seen more stuff from these vids than I've seen in person and I live in Alabama lol
I wonder who had that land before the European invasion!
Most likely the Cherokee...and before that the Shawnee...and before that some other tribe that they "invaded" and so on and so forth!
Just enjoy life and stop being so angry and miserable all the time.
@@JDCUSA very good advice. Not really sure how that's relivent however, very good advice
@@q187k probably meant the same thing as the land your home is built on and the trees that were cut to build it.
Leaving politics aside, it's really unfortunate that the natural beauty of stone mountain has been marred by the carving. I'm not just talking about the sculpture, but the jagged oval area around the sculpture. The rest of the mountain has graceful cures carved by eons of rainfall except for the area blasted out of the rock by man.
If they ever do get rid of the sculpture I hope they try to restore the face to a more natural looking state and not replace it with another ideologcal image.
Agreed. Like a gigantic swastika. I never feel good about myself whenever I visit this place.
The left will go with that Floyd character
fantastic carving
they need to keep it
Because since as we all know that Robert E. Lee is still one of America's greatest generals.
So this was the native Indians place first....
So was the entire country
So was the land that your house is built on once it probably had beautiful trees and Wildlife