The sculpture, which famously depicts four former US Presidents as 60-foot granite faces, was constructed between 1927 and ...

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

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum was chosen for the project due to his experience with large-scale sculptures. Construction began in 1927 and continued until 1941. The project, primarily funded by federal ...

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

A federal judge in 2021 halted additional fireworks shows at Mount Rushmore, and no more shows have occurred since.

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

When Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, died in 1941, his son Lincoln Borglum closed down the project and stated that no more carvable rock existed.” “RESPEC [a rock mechanics ...

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 ...

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 ...

The massive sculpture, designed by artist Gutzon Borglum, features the 60-foot-high faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

The massive sculpture, designed by artist Gutzon Borglum, features the 60-foot-high faces of four US presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.