Stone Mountain Memorial
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. . . Stone Mountain, Georgia
Memorial Park Trivia Puzzle
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. A bit of Southern Civil War History
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| #1-- What type of
rock is Stone Mountain made of?
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#2--What group of
women was instrumental in constructing the Stone Mountain Memorial?
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#3-- Who was the
first sculptor to design and start the Stone Mountain Memorial
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| #4
What great mountain range
expands
north from Stone Mountain?
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#5 What was the chief method of carving
the
stone to create the relief sculpture?
Answer |
#6
What kind of
animals
and plants seem to thrive on Stone Mountain?
Answer |
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#7 What radical group
burned
a cross on top of Stone Mountain in 1915? Why? Answers |
#8 Who was Robert E. Lee?
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#9 Did the original
sculptor
finish the project at Stone Mountain? Why?
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#10
Who was Stonewall Jackson, and why
was he
important in the Civil War?
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What was this device used for, in the carving of the Stone Mountain figures? Answer |
#11 Who was Jefferson Davis, and why was he important in the Confederacy? Answers
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#12
Who was Augustus
Lukeman, and what did he do for the Stone Mountain carving
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#13
Who was Walter Hancock, and what did he do for the completion of Stone
Mountain
Memorial?
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#14
Who was Roy Faulkner, and what his part in the carving of Stone
Mountain
Memorial?
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#15
How
tall is Stone Mountain? Answer . |
#16
What
does Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate pray for in his General
Order
Number 83?
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#17
List
the three main features of Gutzon Borglum's original plan for Stone
Mountain
Memorial.
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#18 Describe what Borglum
meant about the sculptural group as a "Panorama
(that) Will
Sweep Across The Mountain" as from his original plan description
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#19
What President sent his Vice President for the dedication of
Stone
Mountain Memorial, greatly insulting the people of Georgia with "Shame
and
Disgrace?" Name both the President and Vice President Answer
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#20
What did Augustus Lukeman compare his plan for Stone Mountain
Memorial
to? Answer
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