Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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mountainside sculpture national memorial tourist attraction

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a massive mountainside sculpture featuring the carved faces of four U.S. presidents, serving as an iconic symbol of American history and democracy.

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Label Occurrences
Mount Rushmore National Memorial canonical 8
Mount Rushmore 3
Mount Rushmore National Memorial vicinity 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountainside sculpture ⓘ
national memorial ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
administeredBy National Park Service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Mount Rushmore
associatedPeople Doane Robinson ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1941-10-31 ⓘ
constructionMethod dynamite blasting ⓘ
fine carving ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1927-10-04 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
depicts Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
designer Gutzon Borglum ⓘ
elevation about 1,745 meters above sea level ⓘ
governingBody United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of the Interior
hasParking yes ⓘ
height approximately 18 meters per presidential head ⓘ
heritageDesignation U.S. National Memorial ⓘ
inception 1925 ⓘ
jurisdiction federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States federal jurisdiction
lightingFeature nightly illumination ceremony ⓘ
locatedIn Black Hills ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
locatedOn Mount Rushmore (mountain) ⓘ
materialUsed granite ⓘ
namedAfter Charles E. Rushmore ⓘ
nearestCity Keystone, South Dakota ⓘ
numberOfFaces 4 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: U.S. federal government
partOf United States National Park System ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Park System
purpose commemoration of notable U.S. presidents ⓘ
region Pennington County, South Dakota ⓘ
sculptor Gutzon Borglum ⓘ
Lincoln Borglum ⓘ
symbolizes American democracy ⓘ
American history ⓘ
theme presidential monument ⓘ
touristActivity hiking ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
touristFacility amphitheater ⓘ
museum exhibits ⓘ
visitor center ⓘ
visitorsPerYear over 2 million ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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South Dakota → hasLandmark → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
Rapid City, South Dakota, United States → nearbyAttraction → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
subject surface form: Rapid City, South Dakota
North by Northwest → setInLocation → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Rushmore
Black Hills → hasNationalMonument → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
Crazy Horse Memorial → locatedNear → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial → alsoKnownAs → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Rushmore
Rapid City Regional Airport → nearbyAttraction → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
Reptile Gardens → near → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
Custer State Park → near → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
Pennington County, South Dakota → contains → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
Pennington County → contains → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Rushmore National Memorial vicinity
Rapid City → locatedNear → Mount Rushmore National Memorial ⓘ