A View from Beneath Mount Rushmore
By: investorpoetMarch 25th, 2006
There is a path near Mount Rushmore that leads to the base of the sculpture. This is a view from that path.
March 25th, 2006
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March 31st, 2007 at 9:45 am
[...] Back to the great American monument. I found it odd listening to the mythology machines at the visitor’s center paint the great patriot, Gutzon Borglum. They off-handedly mention that he learned to carve granite on another project. My wife leaned over to note that this was Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain is the largest relief carving in the world, honoring the heroes of the Confederacy. You will not find this information anywhere near Mt. Rushmore. We did not visit the museum nearby, but I wonder if they note his membership in the Ku Klux Klan. [...]