As Sprague points out, even Lincoln was enthusiastic about western expansion and, in , dispatched U. Related: Untangling the complex legacy of Teddy Roosevelt at the national park bearing his name. The civil rights movement of the s inspired a wave of protest among Native Americans across the country.
In the summer of , protest came to Mount Rushmore when a few dozen activists from the organization United Native Americans scaled the memorial to demand the return of the Black Hills to the Lakota. They camped atop the memorial for months—and then returned the following summer for a briefer protest that ended in their arrests. In , the long-running legal dispute finally reached the U. Supreme Court. In the landmark United States v.
But the Lakota declined the compensation and have since advocated for the return of the Black Hills instead. On July 4, , more than a hundred demonstrators gathered at a Fourth of July rally held by President Donald Trump to protest the memorial and remind attendees that it was built on stolen land.
Related: How indigenous protesters helped spawn a conservation movement in British Columbia. Forces began campaigning to add faces to Mount Rushmore while the monument was still under construction. Anthony on the rock. The idea that the memorial could somehow evolve would live on, with political partisans over the years suggesting adding John F. More recently, Trump has repeatedly crowed that he should be on the list. While some have pushed for Mount Rushmore to be expanded, others have demanded that it to be torn down.
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When he was on site, he was known for his mood swings and was continuously firing and rehiring people. His energy for the project and persistence, through many years of trials and issues with funding, eventually led to the project's completion. Unfortunately, he died seven months before it was done.
His son completed it. The mountain took its name —incredibly—from a New York attorney there on business who asked the name of the location in or A local man with the group looking at the mountain informed him that it didn't have a name but said, "We will name it now, and name it Rushmore Peak," according to a letter from Charles Rushmore, the lawyer who was in the area for a client researching a mine.
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They come to marvel at the majestic beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota and to learn about the birth, growth, development and the preservation of our country. Over the decades, Mount Rushmore has grown in fame as a symbol of America-a symbol of freedom and hope for people from all cultures and backgrounds.
All the cultures that make up the fabric of this country are represented by the memorial and surrounding Black Hills. One of the most important gifts we can give our visitors at Mount Rushmore National Memorial is an understanding and love for our nation's history and cultures and an appreciation of the importance of caring for that legacy.
Explore some of the people who helped Mount Rushmore National Memorial become a reality.
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