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The Georgia Guidestones were a 119-ton granite monument in Elbert County -- four upright slabs, each over 16 feet tall and weighing 42,137 lbs, arranged around a central support and topped with a capstone -- unveiled March 22, 1980 and commissioned anonymously by a man using the pseudonym 'R.C. Christian'. Built by the Elberton Granite Finishing Company under Joe H. Fendley Sr. (with Granite City Bank president Wyatt C. Martin involved in planning), the stones were sandblasted with over 4,000 characters presenting ten guiding principles in eight languages, plus a capstone inscription reading 'Let these be guidestones to an age of reason' in four ancient languages. An explosion damaged the monument in the early hours of July 6, 2022; citing public safety concerns, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation demolished the remaining structure that same day.
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Georgia Guidestones (destroyed)
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