| − | 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. | + | 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. |