The colossal presidential sculptures of Mount Rushmore stand as an emblem of U.S. history, but many American are only realizing that what sits atop the Black Hills of South Dakota is only a ...

It took more than 400 workers 14 years to carve the heads of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln into ...

Mount Rushmore was named for Charles E ... Borglum sketched a 90-foot design that depicted Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson on horseback.

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived.

He decides on Mount Rushmore as the best site. Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt are to be included in the sculptural program. October 1: Rushmore is dedicated. June 6: The Mount Rushmore ...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks about his ambitions for buying Greenland from Denmark and retaking the Panama Canal ...

Conceived as a way to draw tourism to South Dakota, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial has certainly done that; it is the top tourist destination in the state. Over two million visitors make the ...

1 Mount Rushmore of all-time. There are likely legions of people who agree with that sentiment. There are no wrong answers here, but as great as Pittsburgh's Mount Rushmore is, it's just a very ...