Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into ... and created in the minds and by the hands of Americans ...
The construction of Mount Rushmore National Memorial began on October 4, 1927, and took 14 years to complete. The sculptor of the memorial was Gutzon Borglum, the son of Danish immigrants. The sculptor of the memorial was Gutzon Borglum, the son of Danish immigrants.
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore.He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia, statues of Union General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C. and in Chicago, as well as a bust of Abraham Lincoln exhibited in the White House by ...
In 1928, the 70th Congressional session members Peter Norbeck and William Williamson formulated the code of law for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Act. The Senate bill was passed by the United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge on February 29, 1929.
Borglum continued to work as a sculptor after leaving Mount Rushmore. He created several religious works for churches in Texas, including the well-known shrine Our Lady of Loreto in Goliad. He also wrote three books about the sculpting of Mount Rushmore. [1] Borglum was a member of Battle River Masonic Lodge No. 92 in Hermosa, South Dakota. [5]
Which doesn’t make Thursday’s image any less momentous. Stuart Eizenstat, a longtime Carter friend and adviser, had this to say about the 39th president at the service, but it probably works for all the commanders in chief in attendance: “He may not be a candidate for Mount Rushmore, but he belongs in the foothills." ___
The county was created in 1875, and was organized in 1877. [3] It is named for John L. Pennington, fifth Governor of Dakota Territory, who held office in 1875 when the county was formed. [4] Pennington County is included in the Rapid City metropolitan statistical area. It is also the location of Mount Rushmore.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed.