- Whether a lifelong destination or a stop on your vacation itinerary, your visit to Mount Rushmore will be one you will tuck in your memory book forever.
- About 3 million visitors come to view Mount Rushmore—located in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota—each year.
- The construction of Mount Rushmore began in 1927, and it took nearly 14 years to complete. Today, Mount Rushmore is considered one of the most iconic...
- 1. Interesting Facts about Mount Rushmore
- 2. The Controversy Behind Mount Rushmore
- 3. Best Things to do at Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- About 3 million people visit Mount Rushmore Memorial park each year. The dark side of the monument is that it was marred with controversy in its initial stages.
- The nearby Black Hills Mountains are also granite. Note that Mount Rushmore is the highest in the region, a criterion of choice for the installation of statues.
- Mount Rushmore is a project of colossal proportion, colossal ambition and colossal achievement. It involved the efforts of nearly 400 men and women.
- As a joke, someone started calling Six Grandfathers Mountain, Mount Rushmore, and the name stuck.
- Take some time to watch the documentary "Mount Rushmore: The Shrine" and look at Borglum's designs as well as original tools from the construction site.
- The fourth and final President, Abraham Lincoln, was chosen for his part in abolishing slavery in the United States. Mount Rushmore took 14 years to sculpt.