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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 21, 2017
Caption: Mount Rushmore National Monument
Additional Description: "The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt."

Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941) created the design and helped carve the four presidents in the grant cliffs of South Dakota between 1927 and 1941. Mount Rushmore was Borglum's last project after a lifetime dedicated to art. His son Lincoln Borglum (1912-1986) completed the 60 foot high faces in October 1941. This replica, here at his St. Charles birthplace, serves as a tribute to Gutzon Borglum and his legacy of work across America.
Submitted: July 20, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p390769
File Size: 3.387 Megabytes

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