Stone Mountain is owned by the state of Georgia. When Georgia purchased the site, "it was designated as a memorial to the Confederacy". The Stone Mountain Park officially opened on April 14, 1965 – 100 years to the day after Lincoln's assassination. Site of the rebirth of the (the Second Clan), on the top of the mountain, with cross burning, in 1915. Stone Mountain was the location of an annual Labor Day cross-burning ceremony for the next 50 years. In 2019 it is the most-visited attraction in the state of Georgia.