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Title
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Mount Rushmore
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Description
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The heads of four presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, are carved into Mount Rushmore, known by the Lakota as Six Grandfathers.
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Coordinates
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, SD 57751
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Location
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, South Dakota
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Note
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Work on the monument began in 1927 and was stopped in 1941.
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Abstract
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Mount Rushmore is a prominent U.S. monument carved from Six Grandfathers Mountain. Gutzon Borglum was the chief sculptor, assisted by Luigi Del Bianco. It features four presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lincoln. Carving began in 1927 in Keystone, South Dakota, and ceased in 1941.
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Creator
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Gutzon Borglum; Luigi Del Bianco |103
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Date
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1941/10/31
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Medium
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Cut out of Six Grandfathers, or Mount Rushmore
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Subject
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George Washington|Thomas Jefferson|Theodore Roosevelt|Abraham Lincoln
