| − | Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located in southwestern South Dakota, near the town of Keystone. It contains the sculptures of the faces of former U.S. Presidents [[George Washington]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Theodore Roosevelt]], and [[Abraham Lincoln]]. Managed by the National Park Service, a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior, this monument is visited by about two million people each year. The monument was designed by sculptor [[Gutzon Borglum]]. | + | '''Mount Rushmore''' National Memorial is located in southwestern [[South Dakota]], near the town of Keystone. It contains the sculptures of the faces of former U.S. Presidents [[George Washington]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Theodore Roosevelt]], and [[Abraham Lincoln]]. Managed by the National Park Service, a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior, this monument is visited by about two million people each year. The monument was designed by sculptor [[Gutzon Borglum]]. |
| | Approved by President [[Calvin Coolidge]], the carving on Mount Rushmore began in 1927 and was completed in 1941. | | Approved by President [[Calvin Coolidge]], the carving on Mount Rushmore began in 1927 and was completed in 1941. |
| | The last part of [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s film [[North by Northwest]] takes place at Mount Rushmore, with a long and climactic fight taking place on the sculpture itself. | | The last part of [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s film [[North by Northwest]] takes place at Mount Rushmore, with a long and climactic fight taking place on the sculpture itself. |