Mount Rushmore: Monument to Four Presidents in South Dakota's Black Hills - Raymond C. Wilson

Mount Rushmore: Monument to Four Presidents in South Dakota's Black Hills

By Raymond C. Wilson

  • Release Date: 2025-10-26
  • Genre: Travel & Adventure

Description

Mount Rushmore is an American icon. Its majestic, 60-foot-tall carved presidential heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, overlooking South Dakota's Black Hills, remain a bucket-list destination for U.S. travelers. However, Mount Rushmore has a checkered history. To some people it's a point of great pride, but to others it's a symbol of broken promises to Native people. Until recently, we never heard the fact that it's on disputed land. Now we want to understand the whole complicated story. You can be impressed by the artwork and still saddened by the whole process around it.

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