Photos: Confederate flag rally at Stone Mountain Park

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Photos: Confederate flag rally at Stone Mountain Park

Caravans from all over Georgia bore rebel flags as they streamed into the park’s Yellow Daisy parking lot for the daylong event.

Confederate flag rally participants perch atop Stone Mountain protest what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at the park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Confederate flag rally participant Mike Milligan, left, shakes hands with a man pretending to be "Roots" TV show slave character Kunta Kinte during a protest for what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Confederate flag rally participants march past the carved monument on their way to the top in protest of what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Confederate flag rally participants march past the carved monument on their way to the top in protest of what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Confederate flag rally participants climb Stone Mountain as they protest what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

An antagonist is warned by police as he follows Confederate flag rally participants up Stone Mountain as they protest what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Atop Stone Mountain a confederate flag rally participant puts his hand on his weapon while an antagonizer at right shouts at him and a police officer calms the escalation, as sympathizers protest what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Confederate flag rally participants march up Stone Mountain in protest of what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Confederate flag rally participant Janet Little sits in a wheelchair atop Stone Mountain as a militia member walks past her as they join others protesting what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Billy Bearden, from Buchanan, with the Haralson Invincibles Sons of Confederate Veterans, waves his flag at the base of the mountain after a pro-Confederate flag rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

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A participant in the pro-Confederate flag rally at Stone Mountain Park takes his flag to visit the carving following the rally on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Betty Bishop, of Temple, Georgia, waves her flag during a pro-Confederate flag rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

A counter protester faces off with hundreds of Confederate flag supporters during a flag rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

A militia member walks next to two counter protesters as they march through a large group of Confederate flag sympathizers protesting what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Stone Mountain Police separate two people confronting a large group of pro-Confederate flag demonstrators while they protest what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at Stone Mountain Park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

Police surround a pair of counter protesters who burned and stomped on a Confederate flag to separate then from hundreds of pro-Confederate flag supporters during a rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

A counter protester burns a Confederate flag and taunts hundreds of Confederate flag supporters with it from outside a fence during their rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

A law enforcement official separates a counter protester (right) from a pro-Confederate flag supporter during a flag rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

A counter protester and Confederate flag supporter pass by each other during a pro-flag rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Hundreds of pro-Confederate flag supporters gather for a rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Hundreds of pro-Confederate flag and gun supporters rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. At center is 9-year-old Jack Murlin, Druid Hills, who attended with his dad John Murlin in support of Southern heritage. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Brittany Underwood (left) and Charlotte Holland hold signs during a pro-Confederate flag rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Travis Conklin, of Barnesville, waves a flag from the top of his truck durnig a pro-Confederate flag rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Travis Conklin, of Barnesville, waves a flag from the top of his truck durnig a pro-Confederate flag rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Stone Mountain. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

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Confederate flag rally participants perch atop Stone Mountain protest what they believe is an attack on their southern heritage during a rally at the park, Saturday, August 1, 2015. In South Carolina, activity centered on the Confederate battle flag displayed at the state Capitol, but with that flag gone, Stone Mountain has emerged as a central battleground between two camps. (Photo/John Amis)

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