Mount Rushmore is generally referred to as Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Park is a United States presidential Memorial Park located near kistone, South Dakota. In the park, there are four 60 foot (about 18 meters) portraits of famous former presidents in American history. They are Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln. These four presidents are considered to represent the 150 year history of the United States since the founding of the people's Republic of China. The park covers an area of 1278 acres (5.17 square kilometers), with the highest elevation of 5725 feet (1745 meters). The park is managed by the National Park Service, a branch of the U.S. Department of the interior. It attracts about two million visitors a year.
In 1885, Charles E. Rushmore, a famous lawyer in New York, named a granite mountain near his mine in Braque mountain, South Dakota, as "Rushmore mountain" by his surname, which is the origin of the name of Rushmore mountain. Several decades later, when the construction plan of Mount Rushmore National Memorial Park was officially launched, Rushmore himself donated $5000. The original intention of building the sculpture on Mount Rushmore was to attract more people to visit Mount Blake. However, the construction plan triggered a long-standing debate between the US Congress and then President Calvin Coolidge. In the end, the construction plan was approved by Congress. The whole project started in 1927 and was completed in 1941.
Now, Mount Rushmore has become not only a world-class tourist attraction, but also a symbol of the president of the United States in American culture. At the same time, under the influence of contemporary popular culture, Mount Rushmore also derived many other meanings.
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brief introduction
Mount Rushmore
In the Black Hills of South Dakota, there is a Mount Rushmore, which is more than 1800 meters high. It is carved with four huge stone statues of Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln. The face of the stone statue is 18 meters high and the nose is 6 meters long. The four colossus seem to grow out of the mountain. The mountain is the image, and the image is the mountain. The Colossus is integrated with the surrounding lakes and mountains, forming a famous tourist attraction. Every year, more than 2 million tourists from all over the world come here to appreciate the beauty of the colossus.