 |
PM |  | |
Quote | | |
Reply | | |
Full Topic | |
Member
| Joined: | Wed Jun 13th, 2007 |
| Location: | North Carolina USA |
| Posts: | 420 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: |    |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore
Read the section titled 'History, about halfway through. Apparently, it was Borglum's idea.
He also sculted the North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg, which in my mind is one of the most stirring on the battlefield:
http://www.brotherswar.com/Gettysburg-Day-3Pic-5.htm