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Mt. Rushmore Memorial
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum's Shrine to Democracy.
Blasting and carving on the mountain took place from 1927 to
1941. Approximately 3 million visitors annually stop to admire
this granite colossal monument. The heads (l-r) of George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are six stories
high from chin to top of head.
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Washington's Profile
In a recent nationwide poll,
Mount Rushmore was the second most recognized American
Landmark/Memorial, second only to the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Fourteen years in the making, with no loss of life and a cost of
less than one million dollars, Mt. Rushmore will stand above the
Ponderosa Pines in the Black Hills for thousands of years to come. |