Attracting more than two million visitors a year, Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a tribute to the achievements the United States has made in the first 150 years of its history.

The carvings are approximately sixty feet (eighteen meters) high and each leader represents an important aspect in the country's past. George Washington embodies the founding principles of the new Union, Thomas Jefferson personifies the Declaration of Independence and the Louisiana Purchase, Abraham Lincoln symbolizes the preservation of the nation ... (more)