Originally, Mount Rushmore was supposed to depict heroes of the Wild West. In the end, the sculptor settled for four American ...

Mount Rushmore stands as one of America’s most iconic yet controversial monuments. Rising from the ancient granite of the Black Hills, its stoic visages have watched over decades of shifting cultural ...

High in the Black Hills of South Dakota, colossal faces stare out across the ages—silent, majestic, and controversial. The ...

Workers carve Lincoln, c. 1938-39. Archives of American Art / Smithsonian Institution Sculptor Gutzon Borglum poses during the construction of Mount Rushmore, c. 1938-1939. Archives of American ...

However, the only experience any living person had with carving mountains into art was Borglum himself ... a number of techniques for sculpting Mount Rushmore were developed there.

Leaders of state humanities councils throughout the country say federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump's administration will force them to scale back or eliminate celebrations next year ...