Georgia Guidestones
 Georgia Guidestones in May 2022 | |
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| Coordinates | 34°13′55″N 82°53′40″W / 34.23194°N 82.89444°W |
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| Location | Elbert County, Georgia, US |
| Material | Granite |
| Height | 19 ft 3 in (5.87 m) |
| Opening date | March 22, 1980 |
| Dismantled date | July 6, 2022 |
The Georgia Guidestones were a granite monument in Elbert County, Georgia, United States, and first erected in 1980. The monument was 19 feet 3 inches (5.87 m) tall, made from six granite slabs weighing 237,746 pounds (107,840 kg) in all.[1] The structure was sometimes known as an "American Stonehenge" or "Georgia's Stonehenge".
On the morning of July 6, 2022, the guidestones were heavily damaged in a bombing.[2] Later that day, officials demolished the standing parts of the structure for safety reasons.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Sullivan, Randall (April 20, 2009). "American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse". Wired. Vol. 17, no. 5. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Alund, Natalie Neysa (6 July 2022). "Georgia Guidestones: Rural monument that some call satanic damaged in bombing, police say". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ↑ Albeck-Ripka, Livia (2022-07-06). "Explosion Destroys Mysterious Monument in Georgia, Authorities Say". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ↑ "The Georgia Guidestones demolished after explosion 'destroyed' portion, GBI says". WAGA-TV. 2022-07-06. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
Investigators said unknown people detonated an explosive device at around 4 a.m. Elbert County investigators arrived and noted a large portion of the structure was damaged.
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