PHOTOS: Stone Mountain rally marks Confederate heritage

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PHOTOS: Stone Mountain rally marks Confederate heritage

Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans held a rally at Stone Mountain Park and faced counterprotesters.

Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans were met by counterprotesters - the two sides separated by a fence - during a rally to mark Confederate Memorial Day at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Thomas Fleming poses for photographs before the start of the Sons of Confederate Veterans rally to mark Confederate Memorial Day at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

People gather on the lawn in front of the 90-foot tall carving of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis at Stone Mountain State Park during the Sons of Confederate Veterans rally Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Martin O'Toole speaks to the crowd during the Sons of Confederate Veterans rally at Stone Mountain Park Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

A man flies a Confederate flag at the base of Stone Mountain on Saturday morning, April 30, 2022, as the Sons of Confederate Veterans gathered at Stone Mountain Park. (Photo: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Attendees of a Sons of Confederate Veterans rally hold a flag in Stone Mountain Park on Saturday morning, April 30, 2022. Park attractions were closed Saturday due to the event. (Photo: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Attendees of the Sons of Confederate Veterans event bow there heads in a closing prayer on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Shenita Binns with the NAACP leads protesters in chants at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022, as the Sons of Confederate Veterans members gathered. (Photo: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Counterprotesters march toward Stone Mountain Park. The park attractions were shut down Saturday, April 30, 2022, due to the Sons of Confederate Veterans event. (Photo: Ben Hendren for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Edward Rychlik salutes as a truck pulling a Civil War-era cannon drives by before the start of the Sons of Confederate Veterans rally in Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Georgia Division Commander Tim Pilgrim waits for his turn to speak during the Sons of Confederate Veterans rally in Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Porchse Miller with the NAACP leads protesters in chants in Stone mountain village. (Photo: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

The Sons of Confederate Veterans and counterprotesters are separated by a fence during a rally at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

A Civil War-era cannon is fired at the end of the Sons of Confederate Veterans rally in Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Credit: Steve Schaefer

Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans were met by counterprotesters - the two sides separated by a fence - during a rally to mark Confederate Memorial Day at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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