Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, was begun in 1927 by internationally renowned sculptor Gutzon Borglum (born 1867).  President Calvin Coolidge dedicated the monument at its inception.  Over the next nearly 15 years, hundreds of local men toiled relentlessly in the harsh elements to bring this amazing granite sculpture to life.  Gutzon Borglum died on March 6, 1941.  Lincoln Borglum carried on his father’s work until the final day of carving, October 31, 1941.

     Each Presidential head is approximately sixty feet high.  If President Washington were to have been sculpted in these dimensions, from head to toe, his statue would be nearly as tall as The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. (555’ high).

     Mount Rushmore was re-dedicated by President George H. W. Bush in 1991.