High in the Black Hills of South Dakota, colossal faces stare out across the ages—silent, majestic, and controversial. The ...

Mount Rushmore stands as one of America’s most iconic yet controversial monuments. Rising from the ancient granite of the ...

Until recently, visitors learned about Rushmore as a patriotic symbol, as a work of art or as ... 15 miles from Mount Rushmore, a monolithic new image is emerging from the Black Hills granite ...

Archives of American Art / Smithsonian Institution Sculptor Gutzon Borglum poses during the construction of Mount Rushmore ... 450,000 tons of stone from the Black Hills deserves recognition.

The mountain range is central to the origin story of several tribal nations and has become an international symbol of the ongoing struggle for Indigenous land rights and the destruction of sacred ...

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived.

The Orland Art Center Gallery’s First Friday of the Month in May will feature “The Carving of Mount Rushmore.” On Friday, May 2 starting at 7 p.m. guests will learn more about the monumental sculpture ...

Carved into the stone of the Black Hills of South Dakota ... This is America’s Mount Rushmore. A cold-blooded killer who shot a father of two in the back because he didn’t like the American ...

the Mount Rushmore National Memorial has certainly done that; it is the top tourist destination in the state. Over two million visitors make the journey to the Black Hills every year to gaze upon ...