MOUNT RUSHMORE 
NATIONAL MEMORIAL

INTRODUCTION

Mount Rushmore National Monument was established in 1925 and commemorates the first 150 years of the history of the United States. Stunning carvings of former United States Presidents were carved into the Black Hills. Today, the monument serves as more than a work of art, but as a symbol of freedom and hope for people of all cultures.

LOCATION

This is Mount Rushmore of 1,745 meters high, which stands in the middle of Mount Rushmore National Park and whose acreage is more than 5 square kilometres.Where?At Keystone, South Dakota. 

HISTORY

The Dark Hills, where is Mount Rushmore, were lands of the Sioux, but in 1874 gold was found in the area and the indigenous people were displaced. In 1980 the Supreme Court examined the case and found that the tribes should be compensated for being thrown out of the land that had been given to him by the Constitution.

REASON

After World War I without any difficulty the people of the United States had too much free time and boredom. So, they decided to put a huge faces on a mountain celebrating the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution.

Reasons to elect those presidents:

• Washington brought democracy to the United States.
• Thomas Jefferson devised the concept of having a "government of the people".
• Abraham Lincoln was instrumental to end slavery in America.
• Theodore Roosevelt took on trade reforms.

ABOUT HIS NAME

Charles E. Rushmore, a New York lawyer who was heading to South Dakota for work, asked for the name of the mountain. No one answered. Then Mr. Rushmore was "appropriated" the place: "From now on we will call it Rushmore."

VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuVzjD7nlQQ&feature=youtu.be

CONCLUSION

You could have never imagined how huge is the historical background of something that is only displayed in four stone faces carved in the middle of nature. 

  

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