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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.
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Carved into a granite mountain face in South Dakota’s southwesterly Black Hills, this sculpture of four of America’s most influential presidents (Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt) was considered an extraordinary feat of engineering when it was completed in 1941—and it’s still majestic today, bringing in more than two million visitors per year. [http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-40437576]
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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.