Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills

31 May 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  7 minutes

Mount Rushmore during sunset © Chaitanya Polumetla/cc-by-sa-3.0

Mount Rushmore during sunset © Chaitanya Polumetla/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone in South Dakota. Sculpted by Danish-American Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents: George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2).   read more…

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Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills

24 September 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  7 minutes

Entrance Sign © Richie Diesterheft

Entrance Sign © Richie Diesterheft

The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument complex that is under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota. It represents Crazy Horse, an Oglala Lakota warrior, riding a horse and pointing into the distance. The memorial was commissioned by Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear to be sculpted by Korczak Ziółkowski. It is operated by the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, a private non-profit organization.   read more…

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