Mount Rushmore is a national monument in the Black Hills mountain range of South Dakota.
Yes it is because most people know it as a memorial but a memorial is the same thing as a monument.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed and supervised the construction the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, building it as a monument to those considered to be the most important US leaders.
Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore National Memorial are carved from the same Harney Peak granite, but about 17 miles apart. Crazy Horse Memorial is being carved into Thunderhead Mountain in Custer County, SD, and Mount Rushmore National Memorial was sculptured into Mount Rushmore in Pennington County, SD, which was actually named well before the thought of a grand monument took shape.
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Mount Rushmore is located in Black Hills, South Dakota. Crazy Horse Memorial is a monument that has been under construction in Black Hills since 1948.
The faces of four US Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, are carved into Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Another mountain monument is being carved into Thunderhead Mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The face on that monument is that of the Oglala Lakota warrior, Crazy Horse. The monument is part of the Crazy Horse Memorial.
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is the famous South Dakota monument which honors four US presidents. It is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, near the town of Keystone.
It is 17.3 miles from Mount Rushmore National Memorial to Crazy Horse Memorial according to Google Maps.
It is 17.3 miles from Crazy Horse Memorial to Mount Rushmore National Memorial according to Google Maps.
South Dakota's official nickname is "The Mount Rushmore State" because Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1980, the SD State Legislature voted to change the state nickname from "The Sunshine State" to "The Mount Rushmore State".