Stone Mountain, Georgia is a southern city that I believe represents southern identity. The city is urbanized, yet still holds history. As James has mentioned, the South is being increasingly industrialized. Stone Mountain is no exception. Perhaps one of the most striking examples of industrialization in Stone Mountain is the area surrounding the Wal-Mart Supercenter. Right across from Wal-Mart is a cemetery. Stone Mountain used to be a smaller, less urban town and the cemetery reminds us of this. The cemetery seems out of place amidst the busy roads and shopping center, but the area surrounding the old cemetery had changed and been urbanized.
Despite the urbanization of the city, however, the city still holds lots of history. The city is actually named after “the largest exposed granite dome in North America” called Stone Mountain. The mountain contains carvings of the heroes of the Confederate army, President Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Thomas Stonewall Jackson. If you climb the mountain and view the area from the top, you can see Atlanta, the North Georgia Mountains, the Blue ridge mountains, and even an old plantation. If you visit the Stone Mountain village surrounding the mountain, you can visit over 50 specialty shops. You can even take a class called Southern 101 that teaches you how to be southern and talk southern. Stone Mountain is a confederate memorial and a place where a family can have fun. The city Stone Mountain has the changing, more industrialized identity of the South along with the older, historical identity of the South.
This youtube video below describes in more details about Stone Mountain and other tourist attractions such as the Coca Cola Factory.
Despite the urbanization of the city, however, the city still holds lots of history. The city is actually named after “the largest exposed granite dome in North America” called Stone Mountain. The mountain contains carvings of the heroes of the Confederate army, President Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Thomas Stonewall Jackson. If you climb the mountain and view the area from the top, you can see Atlanta, the North Georgia Mountains, the Blue ridge mountains, and even an old plantation. If you visit the Stone Mountain village surrounding the mountain, you can visit over 50 specialty shops. You can even take a class called Southern 101 that teaches you how to be southern and talk southern. Stone Mountain is a confederate memorial and a place where a family can have fun. The city Stone Mountain has the changing, more industrialized identity of the South along with the older, historical identity of the South.
This youtube video below describes in more details about Stone Mountain and other tourist attractions such as the Coca Cola Factory.
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