the projected started in 1925 with the u.s. mint
issueing the stonew mountain half to help fund it. the
last work was done in 1970 and no it was still not
actually finished.
  you know they had a dinner on one of the generals
shoulder for the volunteer workers back then. dining
table, waiters the whole bit. that is a huge carving.
it is absolutly ludicrus to suggest chipping it off.

--- Kat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I meant, when was the carving done?  I know they
> haven't been blasted out of the mountainside.
> Believe me, it'd have been front page news up here
> in NC if it'd happened.
>
> Kat
> -------Original Message-------
> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 04/29/03 03:37 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: earthquake
>
> >
> > no it was not done. that there would be a group
> that
> would be so obsurd as to suggest it shows how far
> this
> country has went.
>
> --- Kat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Wouldn't that destroy the mountain?  I've been
> there
> > and was awed by the scope of the carving/chiseling
> > into the mountain.  When was it done, do you know,
> > Ken?
> >
> > Kat
> >
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> > From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: 04/29/03 01:47 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: earthquake
> >
> > >
> > > actually the confederate flag was dunped a
> couple
> > of
> > years ago in a midnight session of the
> legislature.
> > lots of complaints.  the new governor wanted to go
> > back, let the people vote. i think he knew the
> > majority would go back to the pre-1956 flag that
> had
> > no confederate battle flag as part of it. it was
> not
> > anti confederate since the klan and other groups
> had
> > wheyleighed the flag for their purposes.
> > once it was voted on then the issue hopefully
> would
> > be
> > put to bed altogether.
> >
> > if you want anti confederate, there is a group
> that
> > wants to take the conferate memorial off of stone
> > mountain.
> >
> >
> > --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Probably caused by all the confederate soldiers
> > > rolling over in their graves
> > > - as Georgia is the state dropping the
> confederate
> > > flag - Righ?
> > >
> > >                                    Trisha
> > >
> > >
> > > > the earthquake was 4.5. hey, maybe georgia
> will
> > > fall
> > > > in the atlantic before california falls into
> the
> > > > pacific.
> > > >
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