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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:23 AM
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STATE: Stone Mountain Officials Denied KKK's Request To Burn Cross Atop Mountain
Officials from Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park denied a Ku Klux Klan group’s request Monday to burn a cross atop the mountain.

The Stone Mountain Memorial Association on Monday rejected the applications from the Sacred Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to hold an Oct. 21 “lighting” ceremony.

The application was submitted on May 26.