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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 ...
Robinson asked architect and sculptor Gutzon Borglum to sculpt and design the monument. Borglum decided to use Mount Rushmore for the sculpture, since it seemed to be the easiest and most stable of the cliffs to work on. [1] Having decided on the location of the sculpture, Borglum decided to make the monument of four presidents of the United ...
Harold Theodore Spitznagel (December 7, 1896 – April 26, 1975) was an American architect from South Dakota.Spitznagel was best known for residential and institutional architecture, [2] [3] including the original Mount Rushmore visitor center.
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 ...
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 ...
Marco Rubio trades his dignity for a Cabinet position.
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.
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