6/30/09 - Mount Rushmore National Memorial

This mountain carving features the 60-foot faces of four great American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Work on the sculpture began in 1927 when sculptor Gutzon Borglum was 60. Work ended 14 years later at his death. Each evening in the summer in the 2,500-seat Amphitheater there is a program beginning at 9:00 and culminates in the lighting of the memorial.