JULY 4, 1776, THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ADOPTED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
TWO-HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, ON
JULY 4, 1991, THE FINAL DEDICATION OF MOUNT RUSHMORE COMMEMORATED THE WORLD'S GREATEST MOUNTAIN SCULPTURE OF THE FOUR GREATEST PRESIDENTS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST CARVING IS IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA BLACKHILLS. THE FACES ARE 60 FEET HIGH, AND ARE 500 FEET FROM THE BASE OF THE SOLID GRANITE MONOLITH.
SCULPTOR GUTZON BORGLUM BEGAN THE PROJECT ON THE 6,200 FOOT MOUNT RUSHMORE IN 1927. FOURTEEN YEARS LATER, THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR MASTERPIECE DEPICTED THE FOUR PRESIDENTS: WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, ROOSEVELT, AND LINCOLN.
IT IS DEEMED PRICELESS!
PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE DEDICATED THE PROJECT IN 1927. GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS DEDICATED IN 1930, THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1936, ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1937, AND THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN 1939.
SCULPTOR BORGLUM DIED IN 1941, LEAVING MOUNT RUSHMORE AS A TIMELESS WORLD TREASURE,
BUT NOT COMPLETED.
BORGLUM'S SON, LINCOLN BORGLUM, FINISHED THE WORK. THE FINAL DEDICATION WAS DELAYED MANY TIMES DURING THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS, BUT FINALLY
ON JULY 4, 1991, MOUNT RUSHMORE IN IT'S ENTIRITY WAS DEDICATED. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH
OFFICATED. FLAGS FROM 56 STATES AND
TERRITORIES FLY BELOW THE MEMORIAL.
