that i feel strong about especially after writing y this book and doing this research, these debates nttuldn't just be about the character of the person represented but they should be about investigating how this da monument has been used as a monument. who put it up, what were their motivations, what did they want the monument to do, what messages do they want it to communicate, and how has it been used since??ou has it continued as stone mountain continued to foster t hatred? the ku klux klan was revived not once, but twice on the slopes of stone mountain in association with this project to do a confederate memorial. or has it been changed. the lincoln memorial, for er instance, was put up in a very questionable, i would say, way. the dedication ceremony was segregated. but it has been transformed by its use as a rallying point fort various marches, a backdrop forv speeches, so i think it's much different now than it was. so in some ways it might seem . like a complex project, you have tos state the whole history of monument. but as i s said, you can really look into historic newspaper