Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt a top the Mount Rushmore cliff face in South Dakota. The bust of each president on the monument, which was completed in 1941, stands around 60 feet tall.

A sweet moment of former President Barack Obama holding the hand of his daughter Sasha and waving at onlookers has been memorialized in a sculpture as part of Rapid City, South Dakota’s long ...

This colossal sculpture showcases the iconic faces of four former U.S. presidents intricately carved into a mountain in South Dakota's Black Hills ... Though the artist passed away before the monument ...

Each year, two million visitors walk or roll from the entrance of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in South Dakota ... celebration of not only these four presidents but also the nation’s ...

Conceived by Doane Robinson, a South Dakota state historian ... the rock would be against the vision of the monument’s sculptor who chose the presidents to represent principles and not the ...

At the outset of the project, Gutzon Borglum had persuaded South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson the presidents would ... sacred ground. 3.The monument celebrates the European settlers ...

To the east lies South Dakota's newest park ... known to the Lakota people – Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a tribute to four presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...

Plans for America’s 250th anniversary celebration are at risk due to federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s ...

South Dakota state historian Doane ... June 6: The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission is created. Rapid City mayor John Boland is named president of the Commission's executive committee.