The Georgia Guidestones

[The Georgia Guidestones in 2020]

Monuments are targets that require protection.

Every war is a war on architecture. 

Physical monuments, particularly those that are contemporary, don't always enjoy the benefits of national and cultural security. 

Without the constant guard and competence of a security force, the heaviest stone is easily destroyable, even by forces without access to advanced weaponry.

The Georgia Guidestones were a mysterious 19-foot-tall, 118-ton granite monument created in 1980 by anonymous private citizens that espoused a set of ideological precepts in eight languages to guide humanity post-apocalypse.

For 808 words, their construction cost over $400,000 in today's dollars.

They were bombed and destroyed by unknown vandals in July of 2022.

Intended for a far-flung future, they only lasted 42 years.

[via Century Scale Storage]