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The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States.
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In the Treaty of Fort Laramie, signed in 1868 by Sioux tribes and General William T. Sherman, the U.S. government promised the Sioux “undisturbed use and occupation” of territory including the Black Hills, in what is now South Dakota. But the discovery of gold in the region soon led U.S. prospectors to flock there en masse, and the U.S. government ...
Mount Rushmore, located just north of what is now Custer State Park in the Black Hills National Forest, was named for the New Yorklawyer Charles E. Rushmore, who traveled to the Black Hills in 1885 to inspect mining claims in the region. When Rushmore asked a local man the name of a nearby mountain, he reportedly replied that it never had a name be...
During a second visit to the Black Hills in August 1925, Borglum identified Mount Rushmore as the desired site of the sculpture. Local Native Americans and environmentalists voiced their opposition to the project, deeming it a desecration of Sioux heritage as well as the natural landscape. But Robinson worked tirelessly to raise funding for the scu...
On July 4, 1930, a dedication ceremony was held for the head of Washington. After workers found the stone in the original site to be too weak, they moved Jefferson’s head from the right of Washington’s to the left; the head was dedicated in August 1936, in a ceremony attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In September 1937, Lincoln’s head was...
Native Americans and Mount Rushmore, PBS. Matthew Shaer, “The Sordid History of Mount Rushmore.” Smithsonian Magazine, October 2016. Lisa Kaczke and Jonathan Ellis, “Oglala Sioux President says Mount Rushmore should be 'removed': What's behind the site's controversial history.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, June 25, 2020
Jun 11, 2024 · The Mount Rushmore sculpture ensemble quickly became one of the United States’ great iconic images. The memorial is now among the most heavily visited NPS properties and is one of the top tourist attractions in the country.
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- The Fourth Face. Borglum wanted Mount Rushmore to become a "Shrine of Democracy," as he called it, and he wanted to carve four faces on the mountain. Three U.S. presidents seemed obvious choices: George Washington for being the first president, Thomas Jefferson for writing the Declaration of Independence and for making the Louisiana Purchase, and Abraham Lincoln for holding the country together during the Civil War.
- Who Is Mount Rushmore Named After? What many people don't know is that Mount Rushmore was named even before the four, large faces were sculpted upon it.
- Ninety Percent of Carving Done by Dynamite. The carving of four presidential faces onto Mount Rushmore was a monumental project. With 450,000 tons of granite to be removed, chisels were definitely not going to be enough.
- Entablature. Borglum had originally planned to carve more than just presidential figures into Mount Rushmore—he was going to include words as well. The words were to be a very short history of the United States, carved into the rock face in what Borglum called the Entablature.
Mar 6, 2021 · Key Facts About Mount Rushmore. Mount Rushmore is located in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota. The sculpture of four famous presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln—was carved into the granite rock face over many decades.
Mar 22, 2024 · American History, Alive in Stone... Majestic figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota, tell the story of the birth, growth, development and preservation of this country.
Sep 27, 2022 · South Dakota's Mount Rushmore is one of the most iconic symbols of the United States, on par with the Liberty Bell and the Statue of Liberty. First proposed by South Dakota State Historian...
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