October 25, 2010 - Mount Rushmore - Black Hills, South Dakota



Mount Rushmore is a National Memorial created by sculptor Gutzom Borglum and his crew. Borglum carefully selected four presidents which are said to symbolize American Freedom and Democracy. Work began on the gigantic sculpture in the Black Hills on Aug. 10, 1927 and took 14 years in total, as he worked on the piece gradually finishing in 1941. George Washington signifies the fight for independence. Thomas Jefferson stands for the notion of a people’s government. Abraham Lincoln symbolizes the concept of equality and the union of the states. Theodore Roosevelt represents the international importance of the United States in the twentieth century.