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Encyclopedia: Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.^[1] The entire memorial covers 1,278 acres (5.17 km²),^[2] and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.^[3] It is managed by the National Park Service, a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior. The memorial attracts approximately 2 million people annually.^[4]

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How to say "Mount Rushmore" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	拉什莫尔山
	(Japanese)	ラシュモア山
	(German)	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
	(Spanish)	Monte Rushmore
	(French)	Mont Rushmore
	(Italian)	Monte Rushmore

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Rushmore

Rushmore may refer to: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, USA Rushmore, Minnesota, USA Rushmore , a 1998 motion picture...

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial|The faces of (left to right) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln Mount Rushmore National Memorial , located in Keystone... America. The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Park has 1,278 acres (5 km²). Between 1927 and...

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National Memorial

Service. Some have administration devolved to state park systems. Some typical examples: Mount Rushmore...

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Flag of South Dakota

The flag of South Dakota consists of the state seal surrounded by rays on a blue field. Around those are the words: "South Dakota - The Mount Rushmore State." In 1992, this was changed from "Sunshine State," which is often used to describe the state of Florida. Flags of the U.S. states...

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Begging Burrows

Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, yet it remains the largest national park in the state. It is a...

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Gutzon Borglum

creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. Born to the second wife... necessary techniques for sculpting on a gigantic scale that made Mount Rushmore possible. Avaitor... on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville,Virginia. The Mount Rushmore project...

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North by Northwest

clamber over the faces of Mount Rushmore in an attempt to evade their enemies. Grant on the run... final scene on top of the Statue of Liberty foreshadows the Mount Rushmore scene in the later film...

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Thundarr the Barbarian

features from the United States, such as Mount Rushmore, New York City, or Washington, DC. Other episodes... The Moks - Norfolk, Virginia Attack Of the Amazon Women - Mount Rushmore The Brotherhood Of Night...

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Crazy Horse (person)

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List of U.S. state nicknames

- Palmetto State South Dakota - Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State Tennessee - Volunteer State Texas...

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