Mount rushmore: Sculpting the Presidents at Mount Rushmore During

Sculpting the Presidents at Mount Rushmore During a second visit to the Black Hills in August 1925, Borglum identified Mount Rushmore as the desired site of the sculpture. Is Mount Rushmore on sacred Native American land? Learn more about Mount Rushmore National Memorial and the history of its site. (more) See all videos for this article Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States with 60-foot sculptures of the heads of former U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The heads symbolize, respectively, four significant American ideals: independence, democratic process, leadership in world affairs, and equality. The entire memorial covers 1,278 acres ... Mount Rushmore is a sight you’ve probably seen before, 59 ft tall portrait of four presidents carved into the rock, one of the most famous symbols of the USA.