October 31, 1941 — Mount Rushmore National Memorial Completed


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It took 14 years to build.

 

It was first suggested in 1927 by Jonah Robinson of the South Dakota State Historical Society.

 

The memorial consists of 60-feet tall sculptures of four U.S. presidents: George Washington Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.

 

Should we dull men establish a Mt. Rushless?:

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