Mount Rushmore (US Symbol)
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www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm
www.nps.gov/moru/historyculture/carving-history.htm
www.nps.gov/moru/historyculture/why-these-four.htm
www.nps.gov/moru/historyculture/mount-rushmore-national-memorial.htm
www.americaslibrary.gov/es/sd/es_sd_mount_1.html
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Mount_Rushmore_National_Memorial.jpg
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial is visited by nearly three million people each year.
- Mount Rushmore is located in Black Hills of South Dakota.
- 400 men and women helped create this memorial
- Each day, the workers had to climb 700 steps to the top of the mountain to punch-in on the time clock.
- 90% of the mountain was carved using dynamite
- It was built from 1927-1941 (14 years)
- The four faces carven in the rock were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
- sculptor: Gutzon Borglum
- On October 31, 1941, Mount Rushmore National Memorial was declared a completed project.
- The faces of the presidents were finished one by one: Washington in 1930, Jefferson in 1936, Lincoln in 1937, and roosevelt in 1939.
- These four presidents were chosen because they represented the United States.
Information from:
www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm
www.nps.gov/moru/historyculture/carving-history.htm
www.nps.gov/moru/historyculture/why-these-four.htm
www.nps.gov/moru/historyculture/mount-rushmore-national-memorial.htm
www.americaslibrary.gov/es/sd/es_sd_mount_1.html
Picture from:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Mount_Rushmore_National_Memorial.jpg