Mount Rushmore National Memorial Full Tour - Black Hills, South Dakota
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4 ай бұрынThe Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed the sculpture, called Shrine of Democracy, and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum. The sculpture features the 60-foot-tall (18 m) heads of four United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, chosen to represent the nation's birth, growth, development and preservation, respectively. Mount Rushmore attracts more than two million visitors annually to the memorial park which covers 1,278 acres (2.00 sq mi; 5.17 km2). The mountain's elevation is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.
Between October 4, 1927, and October 31, 1941, Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers sculpted the colossal 60-foot-high (18 m) carvings of United States Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln to represent the first 150 years of American history. These presidents were selected by Borglum because of their role in preserving the Republic and expanding its territory. The carving of Mount Rushmore involved the use of dynamite, followed by the process of "honeycombing", where workers drill holes close together, allowing small pieces to be removed by hand. In total, about 450,000 short tons (410,000 t) of rock were blasted off the mountainside. The image of Thomas Jefferson was originally intended to appear in the area at Washington's right, but after the work there was begun, the rock was found to be unsuitable, so the work on Jefferson's figure was dynamited, and a new figure was sculpted to Washington's left.
The chief carver of the mountain was Luigi Del Bianco, an artisan and stonemason who emigrated to the U.S. from Friuli in Italy and was chosen to work on this project because of his understanding of sculptural language and ability to imbue emotion in the carved portraits.
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@cheaplaughkennedy2318 4 ай бұрын
The making of Mount Rushmore was incredible, really good episode to see how it was accomplished , thanks Tom 👍
@TomsRoadTrippin 4 ай бұрын
I found it very informative, I hadn't realized it was made by drilling all of the holes. Glad you enjoyed my tour 🙂
@reecewilliams7372 4 ай бұрын
I love history
@TomsRoadTrippin 4 ай бұрын
So do I, going to historic places and learning about them is fun.
@TheRonin2024 4 ай бұрын
Lovely
@TomsRoadTrippin 4 ай бұрын
Yes it is, very cool to see the monument in person.
@TheRonin2024 4 ай бұрын
@@TomsRoadTrippin I wish to visit this place
@TomsRoadTrippin 4 ай бұрын
@@TheRonin2024 You definitely should if you're in the area.
@TheRonin2024 4 ай бұрын
@@TomsRoadTrippin USA is on my list I will visit there ones
@TheRonin2024 4 ай бұрын
Honestly I still live with my parents in qatar and to visit USA we have do alot of process To get visa
@treys1607 4 ай бұрын
Will you post the Great Plains Zoo next week
@TomsRoadTrippin 4 ай бұрын
It will be out February 22nd, next week is Black Hills attraction.
@treys1607 4 ай бұрын
@@TomsRoadTrippinanother zoo I recommend is the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey
@hollycrossman40 4 ай бұрын
It would of been cool if you could of gone on top of Mt. Rushmore, like Stone Mountain in Atlanta, Georgia.
@TomsRoadTrippin 4 ай бұрын
That would have been great, unfortunately they don't have the top open to the public. So watching the different videos on the making of Mount Rushmore will have to do.
@mandydougherty7118 4 ай бұрын
You need to go to Scottsdale Arizona wildlife world zoo and aquarium
@TomsRoadTrippin 4 ай бұрын
I'll certainly look into it, Thanks for the suggestion
@mandydougherty7118 4 ай бұрын
No problem 👍
@treys1607 4 ай бұрын
A good Zoo I recommend you visit the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey
@TomsRoadTrippin 4 ай бұрын
Yeah there were a few zoos I missed last year, I'll see what I can do.
@treys1607 4 ай бұрын
Another Zoo in New Jersey I recommend is the Cape May Zoo
@treys1607 4 ай бұрын
I know you told me that if you were able to get on the ferry you would go to Staten Island Zoo this Summer is that your only planned destination in New York or do you plan to make it to upstate too
@TomsRoadTrippin 3 ай бұрын
I won't be doing upstate New York until next year. I'll go through there on my way to Canada.
@treys1607 3 ай бұрын
@@TomsRoadTrippin are you going to visit Canada and upstate New York once you get through all the other states
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