John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum liked to tinker with his own legend, subtracting a few years from his age, changing the story of his parentage. The best archival research has revealed that he was ...

A specialist in immensity, a modeler of monuments out of mountains, Sculptor Gutzon Borglum is doubtless pleased to reflect that his name will last as long as the hills on which he has carved his ...

Mount Rushmore to host fireworks for US 250th birthday in 2026, as Gov. Rhoden invites President Trump to South Dakota ...

Despite initial plans for federal funding, sculptor Gutzon Borglum opted for a combination of public and private financing, a decision that would later pose challenges. With the onset of the Great ...

In August 2024, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that Trump's predecessor Joe Biden could be added to Mount ...

James Lincoln de la Mothe Borglum, called Lincoln, was the first child of Gutzon Borglum and his second wife Mary, born on April 9, 1912. He was named after his father's favorite president ...

These four presidents were selected to have their likeness carved into the South Dakota granite by artist Gutzon Borglum because, in his view, they represented “the most important events in the ...

If there’s room up there, I think it’d be great,” Trump loyalists on Fox News chimed in after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wrote, ...

Gutzon Borglum began sculpting Mount Rushmore National Memorial in 1927. He planned to carve George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt from head to waist ...