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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Mount Rushmore
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Mount Rushmore, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Mount Rushmore are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - A spectacular event at Mount Rushmore is the evening lighting ceremony which is held a 9.00pm

  • Fact 2 - The sculptures of the heads of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt measure 60-foot (18 m). Each President's head is as tall as a six-story building
  • Fact 3 - The heads of the Presidents were sculpted by Gutzon Borglum and later by his son Lincoln Borglum together withh 400 workers
  • Fact 4 - The idea for a Black Hills' sculpture came from South Dakota State Historian, Doane Robinson. Mount Rushmore represents major symbols associated with the four presidents and the history of the United States
    • George Washington represents the struggle for independence
    • Thomas Jefferson represents the idea of government by the people
    • Abraham Lincoln for his ideas on equality and the permanent union of the states
    • Theodore Roosevelt for the role of the United States in world affairs
  • Fact 5 - The Mount Rushmore carvings were made between October 4, 1927, and October 31, 1941
  • Fact 6 - Engineer Julian Spotts helped with the Mount Rushmore project by improving its infrastructure
  • Fact 7 - The Mount Rushmore project cost US$989,992.32
  • Fact 8 - Mount Rushmore is largely composed of granite which is durable rock and erodes only 1 inch (25 mm) every 10,000 years
  • Fact 9 - Mount Rushmore is featured in the movie North by Northwest starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint
  • Fact 10 - Borglum was 60 years old when he began working on the Mount Rushmore monument
  • Fact 11 - The president's noses are 20 feet long
  • Fact 12 - The president's mouths are 18 feet wide
  • Fact 13 - The president's eyes are 11 feet across
  • Fact 14 - The sculpted faces are 5,500 feet above sea level
  • Fact 15 - Gutzon Borglum said that the Mount Rushmore sculptures were built to "commemorate the founding, growth, preservation, and development to the United States."
  • Fact 16 - Mount Rushmore attracts about 3 million visitors each year
  • Fact 17 - The entire Mount Rushmore National Memorial covers over 1,278 acres
  • Fact 18 - The mountain itself was originally named after Charles E. Rushmore, New York City attorney investigating mining claims in the Black Hills in 1885

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