How Mount Rushmore really came to be

Mount Rushmore wasn’t really his idea. Robinson conceived the original concept in a bid to boost tourism. As it sits in the ...

Mount Rushmore: a century of shifting meanings, a symbolic battleground for America

The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore,” which will be published in November. One hundred years after its initial ...
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Rhoden wants to give Black Hills land to Trump for 'National Garden of American Heroes'

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden offers President Donald Trump privately held land in the state's Black Hills region for a proposed statue park. Then-Gov. Kristi Noem first pitched the state's Black ...
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Donald Trump Wants to Add His Face to Mount Rushmore. Here's What Its Former Keeper Says About 'the Reality of the Rock'

While some Trump allies support his dream of joining Mount Rushmore, those who know the monument best have raised concerns SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Experts are weighing in on Donald Trump's open desire ...