Whos On Mt Rushmore

The sculpture features the 60 foot 18 m heads of presidents george washington.

Whos on mt rushmore. The sculpture features the 60 foot 18 m heads of presidents george washington. George washington first president of the united states. Every year more than 2 million people drive to keystone south dakota to stare at the 60 foot tall granite heads of george washington thomas jefferson teddy roosevelt and abraham lincoln. He was the father of the new country and laid the foundation of american democracy.

Mount rushmore national memorial is centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of mount rushmore in the black hills in keystone south dakota sculptor gutzon borglum created the sculpture s design and oversaw the project s execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son lincoln borglum. What presidents are on mount rushmore and why the presidents featured on the iconic monument are thomas jefferson abraham. Here is more on the iconic structure dedicated to america s presidents. Washington led the colonists in the american revolutionary war to win independence from great britain.

Mount rushmore features the faces of four former american presidents. Washington jefferson roosevelt and lincoln. Because of his importance borglum chose washington to be the most prominent figure on the mountain and represent the birth of the united states. Whose faces will be carved into mount rushmore when it s inevitably blown up.

Here are some suggestions posted at 5 58 pm on june 22 2020 by brett t. The monument which features the 60 foot heads of presidents george washington thomas jefferson theodore roosevelt and abraham lincoln is carved in the black hills in keystone south dakota.