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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.Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed the sculpture, called Shrine of Democracy, and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the ...
2012年2月20日 · Borglum and Robinson eventually settled on Mount Rushmore for several reasons. It's the tallest mountain in the area at 5,725 feet above sea level. It also faces southeast, which meant that the work would receive sunlight for most of the day.
2024年4月27日 · The concept of Mount Rushmore was originally conceived by historian Doane Robinson, who wanted to create a monument to promote tourism in South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum was commissioned to design the sculpture, and he chose the four presidents because he felt that each represented the most important events in the history of the United States.
2013年9月9日 · The Icon: Mount Rushmore. A state project that became a masterpiece, Mount Rushmore was conceived in the early 1920s by state historian Doane Robinson to draw tourists to South Dakota. After ...
2024年5月21日 · Mount Rushmore National Memorial, colossal sculpture in the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota, U.S. It lies about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Rapid City, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Custer, and just north of Custer State Park. Huge representations of the heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and ...
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2011年10月30日 · By 1929, the Mount Rushmore bill was passed, ensuring that the government would provide up to $250,000, or half of the estimated cost of the memorial, by matching private donations. Over the 14 ...
2009年12月16日 · Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. Carved into the southeastern face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest are four gigantic sculptures depicting the faces of U.S ...
