Mt. Rushmore is a sculpture of four of the U.S. presidents. These presidents are:
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
These four Presidents were chosen to represent the founding, growth and preservation of the United States.
Facts about Mt. Rushmore:
- The carvings on Mount Rushmore are scaled to men who would stand 465 feet tall.
- Each president's face is as tall as the entire Great Sphinx of Egypt, measuring 60 feet from the chin to the top of the head.
- Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began drilling into the 5,725-foot mountain in 1927, at the age of 60.
- Creation of the Shrine of Democracy took 14 years and cost a mere $1 million.
- Rushmore's granite faces tower 5,500 feet above sea level.
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