The Georgia Guidestones near Elberton, Ga., have intrigued and confounded visitors since they first appeared in 1980. (Photo by Todd DeFeo)
Georgia authorities are investigating reports that someone blew up part of the Georgia Guidestones in Elbert County, Georgia.
According to lore, in June 1979, a man using the pseudonym Robert C. Christian went to the Elberton Granite Finishing Company. He commissioned the structure on behalf of “a small group of loyal Americans.”
The monument featuring ten guidelines was erected in 1980.
Sightseers’ Delight started publishing in June 2016. The site, published by The DeFeo Groupe, collects and curates content about places where historical events large and small happened. The site builds off the legacy of The Travel Trolley, which launched in June 2009. The site aimed to be a virtual version of the trolley tours offered in so many cities.
Unauthorized signs on the right of way of Georgia roads are unlawful, and Georgia Department of Transportation crews are likely to remove them as part of routine maintenance work.
Today, Chairman of the Senate Study Committee on Safe Firearm Storage, Sen. Emanuel Jones (D–Decatur), issued the following statement on today’s shooting at Apalachee High School in Barrow County.
