The Confederate Memorial Carving covers the north face of Stone Mountain, in Stone Mountain Park about 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of Atlanta. The article calls it the largest high-relief artwork in the world, showing Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on horseback. Samuel Venable deeded the north face to the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1916.
Gutzon Borglum began the work, and the association fired him in 1925. Augustus Lukeman took over, and work stopped in 1928. Georgia bought the mountain in 1958, and Walker Hancock began carving in 1964. Roy Faulkner finished it on March 3, 1972.
The carving is 89 feet (27 meters) tall and 190 feet (58 meters) wide, cut 43 feet (13 meters) into the granite and set 394 feet (120 meters) above the ground. The Skyride tram and a trail reach the summit.
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