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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.
In 1927, following the relocation, construction of Mount Rushmore began on the mountain the Lakota referred to as Tunkasila Sakpe, which translates to Six Grandfathers. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] Doane Robinson proposed the project to increase tourism in the Black Hills and hired sculptor Gutzon Borglum to create a sculpture that honored “the West’s ...
Lou Del Bianco will speak about his grandfather, Luigi Del Bianco, chief carver of Mount Rushmore, at the Pike County Historical Society and Museum.
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 ...
Located near Keystone in the Black Hills of South Dakota, this “shrine to democracy” has largely been seen as a symbol of patriotism and American greatness. While the 60-foot visages of George ...
James Lincoln de la Mothe Borglum (April 9, 1912 – January 27, 1986) was an American sculptor, photographer, author and engineer; he was best known for overseeing the completion of the Mount Rushmore after the death of the project's leader, his father, Gutzon Borglum, in 1941. One of his best-known works, a bust of his father, is on display ...
Enter: The Hall of Records at Mount Rushmore. Where the frontal lobe of Abraham Lincoln's brain would be, there is a secret room that contains the text of America's most important documents.
Original idea for Mount Rushmore Jonah LeRoy " Doane " Robinson (October 19, 1856 – November 27, 1946 [ 1 ] ) was an American historian who was the state historian of South Dakota . He is known for conceiving of the idea for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills , which he believed would stimulate tourism to the area.