One Man's Opinion: Addition versus subtraction, along with compromise
For centuries it was a sacred Indian burial ground. Later is became the site of one of the most commercially viable granite quarries in the nation, with its granite now forming the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, one side of the U.S. Capitol building, and the walls of Fort Knox. And since 1958, the world's largest granite out-cropping has been a Georgia State Park and Confederate Memorial. Stone Mountain Park in east DeKalb County and its vast 3,400 acres of green space is Georgiaâs most visited destination, and in more recent years a site of seemingly never-ending controversy and debat...
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