Mt. Rushmore

On July 9th, we visited Mt. Rushmore, where the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are memorialized in granite by sculptor Gutzon Borglum in the Black Hills of South Dakota. We watched a video that told all about the process of carving the giant work of art... using dynamite, drills, jackhammers, and other heavy equipment. We also took a hike along the base of the mountain, which allowed us to view the faces from different perspectives (even looking up toward giant nostrils!). :)

:) Connie