
This is Mount Rushmore.
Mount Rushmore is in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is a national monument that
was designed to honor some of our country's greatest presidents. The
faces on Mount Rushmore are 60 feet high.
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George Washington |
Thomas
Jefferson |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Abraham Lincoln |
Mount Rushmore was designed by Gutzon Borglum. About 400 stone workers helped with
the project that started in 1927.
The workers made the faces on the mountain
using dynamite, jackhammers, drills and hammers. It took 14 years to
finish.