Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, Georgia. has an elevation of 1,686 feet and 825 feet above the surrounding area. It is well known not only for its geology, but also for the largest bas-relief sculpture in the world, the Confederate Memorial Carving depicts three Confederate leaders, President Jefferson Davis, Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (and their favorite horses, "Blackjack", "Traveller", and "Little Sorrel", respectively). The entire carved surface measures 1.57 acres . The carving of the three men towers 400 feet above the ground, measures 76 by 158 feet and is recessed 42 feet into the mountain. The deepest point of the carving is at Lee's right elbow, which is 12 feet to the mountain's surface.

The carving was conceived by Mrs. C. Helen Plane, a charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). The Venable Brothers, owners of the mountain, deeded the north face of the mountain to the UDC in 1916. The UDC was given 12 years to complete a sizable Civil War monument. Gutzon Borglum was commissioned to do the carving. He abandoned the project in 1925 (later went on to begin Mount Rushmore). American sculptor Augustus Lukeman continued until 1928, when work stopped for thirty years. In 1958, at the urging of Governor Marvin Griffin, the Georgia legislature approved a measure to purchase Stone Mountain for $1,125,000. In 1963, The carving was completed by Roy Faulkner on March 3, 1972.

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