The sculpture, which famously depicts four former US Presidents as 60 foot granite faces, was constructed between 1927 and ...

Mount Rushmore to host fireworks for US 250th birthday in 2026, as Gov. Rhoden invites President Trump to South Dakota celebration.

Historian Doane Robinson came up with the idea to promote tourism and artist Gutzon Borglum designed the sculpture itself, modifying the design repeatedly to accommodate the unforgiving rock. Though ...

June 6: The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission is created ... is not strong enough to support the sculpture. Gutzon's son Lincoln Broglum begins full-time work at Rushmore.

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story ... Chief Henry Standing Bear invited sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, who worked briefly at Rushmore, to carve a memorial to the Sioux nation in the Black ...

Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941) is best known as the artist commissioned to sculpt the national monument at Mount Rushmore. He worked on the Mount Rushmore sculpture from 1927 until his death in 1941 (the ...

The Fulcrum introduces Congress Bill Spotlight, a weekly report by Jesse Rifkin, focusing on the noteworthy legislation of ...

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — A bill that would seek to bring a monument similar to Mount Rushmore to Wyoming has failed in appropriations and has failed to report to the Committee of the Whole ...

“I think it’s a very prestigious thing to do,” a Nebraska woman visiting Mount Rushmore said. Changing a national monument is a big deal. “I’ve appreciated what Donald Trump has ...