Mount Rushmore

Full view of Mount Rushmore Date: October 22, 2007 Location: By Sculptors Studio Photographer: Ed Menard Ranger Description: Full view of from Studio area.

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941), located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot sculptures of former presidents (left to right): George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865).

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