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Nov 16, 2018 · Four American presidents are represented on the memorial: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Borglum chose the four because he thought they led the country during important times and made decisions that shaped the future of the country.
5 days ago · Apr 21, 2024 • By Scott Mclaughlan, PhD Sociology. Mount Rushmore, a giant sculpture of four American presidents, from left to right features George Washington, the first President of the United States and the first President to be carved onto Mount Rushmore. After Washington comes Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence ...
4 days ago · Huge representations of the heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, each about 60 feet (18 metres) tall, are carved in granite on the southeast side of Mount Rushmore.
Carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore, a sheer peak rising 6,000 feet above sea level in the Black Hills of South Dakota, are the colossal images of four Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Mar 22, 2024 · 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.
Aug 19, 2021 · George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are carved into the mountain at Mount Rushmore. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, established in 1925, features 60-foot sculptures of these four US presidents. The memorial, designed by sculptor Gutzon Borglum, covers 1,278.45 acres and sits 5,725 feet above sea level.
Oct 30, 2011 · He wanted Mount Rushmore to represent the first 150 years of the nation’s history, and so decided to carve portraits of four key presidents into the granite.
