A rustic Georgia landmark that a few moderate Christians scrutinized as evil and others named "America's Stonehenge"

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"America's Stonehenge" was obliterated Wednesday after a predawn bombarding transformed one of its four rock boards into rubble.

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The Georgia Guidestones landmark close to Elberton was harmed by an unstable gadget

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said, and later wrecked "for security reasons,"

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"For security reasons," leaving a heap of rubble in an image that examiners distributed.

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Observation film showed a sharp blast blowing one board to rubble soon after 4 a.m.

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Examiners likewise delivered video of a silver car departing the landmark.

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After earlier defacement, camcorders associated with the area's crisis dispatch focus were positioned at the site

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The site, said Elbert Granite Association Executive Vice President Chris Kubas.

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The puzzling side of the road fascination was worked in 1980 from neighborhood rock

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