After we checked out of the Hotel at Avalon this morning we had breakfast/lunch with Kevin before returning to Stone Mountain. We ate at Goldberg's, A New York style deli with a large variety of menu choices. Again, it was an excellent meal.
We then headed back to Stone Mountain and arrived in mid afternoon. We will be staying here another day to see the sights and attractions in the park. We are going to the laser light show in the park tonight with the mountain in the background.
We went to the laser and light show this evening. It was a spectacular production with moving images projected on the mountain face with music, lights, columns of fire shooting into the air, lasers moving around here-and-there, fireworks during each segment and a grand finale fireworks show. I am not sure how the Confederate heroes (Lee, Jackson, and Davis) would feel about the location being used as an entertainment venue. It is after all a monument to them and their cause. However, the fact that it is there at all is quite an achievement. I am sure a project of this scope could never be done today in our current culture of political correctness and revisionist history but it is here and it is the centerpiece of a popular attraction that is being enjoyed by people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures.
The production was a mixture of pop entertainment, patriotic themes and music, a tribute to each of the southern states in the Confederacy and a presentation of Georgia's participation in the Civil War. The Confederate point of view was downplayed however and the underlying theme was that we are now one nation working together. Also, there wasn't a Confederate flag anywhere in sight.
It was an entertaining event and we were glad we attended.
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