This June 23, 2015 file photo shows a carving depicting Confederate Civil War figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, Ga.

While the carving’s reminder of Confederate heroes causes pain, “It’s not going to keep me from coming to the mountain,” said Graves, a Stone Mountain resident.

Stone Mountain Park in Georgia is home to the largest carving that depicts three Confederate leaders. The carving sits 190 feet wide and 90 feet tall with Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and ...

The carving was abandoned for nearly three decades, until the State of Georgia purchased the land in 1958, forming the Stone Mountain Memorial Assn. to oversee the monument’s completion.

Roy Faulkner, the man who carved Stone Mountain, died on September 23, 2016 at age 84. Fifteen years ago Roy Faulkner at age 39 laid down his thermo-jet torch and grounded his boson's cable chair.

FILE – This June 23, 2015 file photo shows a carving depicting Confederate Civil War figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, Ga.

As monuments fall, Confederate mountain carving has size on its side By Kate Brumback and Russ Bynum Associated Press, July 4, 2020, 2:15 p.m. 74 ...

Asked whether Stone Mountain still deserves special protection, GOP Gov. Brian Kemp didn't give a direct answer when speaking to reporters June 26.

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Some statues of figures from America’s slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders. But the largest ...