You’ve heard of Mount Rushmore, but do you know of Stone Mountain? If you answered no, here’s a fun fact: Though they lost the Civil War, some in the American South still believe they’ve won it “on moral grounds,” an idea that foregrounds the Lost Cause, a pseudohistorical negationist myth that attempts to cast the Confederate in a strikingly noble light.
It explains a lot about the prevalence of Confederate monuments in America. This is unpacked in the powerful short documentary Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain, an informed, historically rich take on the largest Confederate monument in the world produced by the Atlanta History Center and available for viewing on its website and on YouTube.
Read the full story on Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/800591/the-haunting-history-of-americas-largest-confederate-stone-monument/
