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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. Mountain in South Dakota with sculptures of four U.S. presidents For the band, see Mount Rushmore (band). Mount Rushmore National Memorial Shrine of Democracy Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe Mount Rushmore features Gutzon Borglum's sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began carving the images of four U.S. presidents into Mount Rushmore on Oct. 4, 1927. The effort employed 400 people and took 14 years to complete.
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.
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Cora Babbitt Johnson (born c. 1882) was an American journalist and preservationist known for her vocal opposition to the Mount Rushmore project in the Black Hills of South Dakota. A Black Hills local herself, she worked as editor-in-chief of the Hot Springs Star newspaper for eight years before becoming a features writer for other publications ...
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 ...