Carved In Stone
In 1915 the United Daughters of the Confederacy leased the land and commissioned Gutzon Borglum, later the sculptor of MountRushmore, to carve the Lost Cause memorial on the mountain where the second Ku Klux Klan was resurrected by William J. Simmons. Proceeding intermittently over six decades, the project was given added impetus in the wake of the South's massive resistance to racial integration.
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Carved In Stone
In 1915 the United Daughters of the Confederacy leased the land and commissioned Gutzon Borglum, later the sculptor of MountRushmore, to carve the Lost Cause memorial on the mountain where the second Ku Klux Klan was resurrected by William J. Simmons. Proceeding intermittently over six decades, the project was given added impetus in the wake of the South's massive resistance to racial integration.
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Carved In Stone

Carved In Stone

by David B. Freeman
Carved In Stone

Carved In Stone

by David B. Freeman

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Overview

In 1915 the United Daughters of the Confederacy leased the land and commissioned Gutzon Borglum, later the sculptor of MountRushmore, to carve the Lost Cause memorial on the mountain where the second Ku Klux Klan was resurrected by William J. Simmons. Proceeding intermittently over six decades, the project was given added impetus in the wake of the South's massive resistance to racial integration.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780865545472
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Publication date: 06/01/1997
Series: Civil War Georgia Series
Pages: 260
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
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