Georgia Guidestones
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".
 Georgia Guidestones in May 2022 | |
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| Coordinates | 34°13′55″N 82°53′40″W / 34.23194°N 82.89444°WCoordinates: 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 |
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]
Georgia Guidestones Media
Footage of the bombing of the Georgia Guidestones monument (July 6, 2022).
An explanatory tablet was set alongside the stones
The guidestones' "Astronomic features"
Undated instructions for the site's time capsule
Georgia Guidestones, Elbert County, GA, US (02)
Georgia Guidestones, Elbert County, GA, US (04)
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References
- ↑ Sullivan, Randall (April 20, 2009). "American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse". Wired 17 (5). https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/ff_guidestones?currentPage=1. 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. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/06/georgia-guidestones-explosion-police-say-monument-damaged-bombing/7823958001/. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ↑ Albeck-Ripka, Livia (2022-07-06). "Explosion Destroys Mysterious Monument in Georgia, Authorities Say" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/georgia-guidestones-explosion.html. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ↑ "The Georgia Guidestones demolished after explosion 'destroyed' portion, GBI says". WAGA-TV. 2022-07-06. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-guidestones-explosion-elberton. 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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