Mount Rushmore National Memorial features a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota depicting the 60-foot heads of four US presidents - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed and oversaw the project from 1927 to 1941 to represent the birth, growth, development, and preservation of the United States. The memorial park covers over 1,278 acres at an elevation of 1,745 meters above sea level.

1. Mount Rushmore

2. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is
centered around a sculpture carved into
the granite face of Mount Rushmore in
the Black Hills in Keystone, South
Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum
created the sculpture's design and
oversaw the project's execution from
1927 to 1941 with the help of his son
Lincoln Borglum. The sculpture features
the 18 m heads of Presidents George
Washington (1732–1799), Thomas
Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore
Roosevelt (1858–1919), and Abraham
Lincoln (1809–1865). The four presidents
were chosen, respectively, to represent
the birth, the growth, the development,
and the preservation of the United States.
The memorial park covers 1,278.45 acres
and 1,745 m above sea level.