June 6: The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission is created. Rapid City mayor John Boland is named president of the Commission's executive committee. Workers carving the Jefferson head ...

noting not enough secure rock is available near the already sculpted faces for additional carving. (And we’re talking a fair amount of face and hair to add.) Mount Rushmore in Keystone ...

Uncover the history, explore the monument, and make the most of your visit to one of America’s greatest landmarks.

There is something truly amazing and awe-inspiring about looking up to see the presidents carved in the rocks. Mount Rushmore ...

Here, Borglum works on a model of Mount Rushmore in his studio facing the mountain. Before starting work on the memorial, sculptor Gutzon Borglum marked off the measurements as to which sculpture ...

This colossal sculpture showcases the iconic faces of four former U.S. presidents intricately carved into a mountain in South Dakota's Black Hills. The 60-foot-tall profiles of George Washington, ...

US President Donald Trump has railed against the "cancel culture" of those who toppled monuments during recent anti-racism protests, in a speech to mark 4 July at Mount Rushmore. He condemned ...

Mount Rushmore features the 60ft (18.2m) high faces of four US presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The monument was carved into the granite ...