Mount Rushmore

Name of Statue/Monument: Mount Rushmore
Description: The heads of four presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, are carved into Mount Rushmore, known by the Lakota as Six Grandfathers.
Date of Installation: 1941/10/31
Monument/Statue Location: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, South Dakota
Subject of Monument/Statue: George Washington; Thomas Jefferson; Theodore Roosevelt; Abraham Lincoln
Address of Monument: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, SD 57751
Note: Work on the monument began in 1927 and was stopped in 1941.
Creator: Gutzon Borglum; Luigi Del Bianco; Luigi Del Bianco
Medium: Cut out of Six Grandfathers, or Mount Rushmore
Abstract: Mount Rushmore is a prominent U.S. monument carved from Six Grandfathers Mountain. Gutzon Borglum was the chief sculptor, assisted by Luigi Del Bianco. It features four presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lincoln. Carving began in 1927 in Keystone, South Dakota, and ceased in 1941.

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