1. Mount Rushmore.

2. Mount Rushmore - one of the most famous landmarks of the United States - a tribute to the great American presidents, designed to preserve the memory of the great stories of the country for many centuries.

3. Nestled in the mountains of Black Hills, South Dakota, memorial attracts about three million people.

4. The idea of ​​ the creation of the monument was a local historian Doane Robinson, however, in his original plan, the rock had to be drawn other person.

5. The author of the grandiose monument was sculptor Gutzon Borglum. He passionately interested in this idea - that Borglum's idea to portray in the stone of the great American political leaders. Of course, each of the presented figures was worthy of so great an honor.

6. George Washington George Washington - American statesman, first president of the United States, commander in chief of the Continental Army, a member of the War of Independence, the founder of the American Institute for the presidency.

7. Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson - a prominent figure in the Revolutionary War the United States, one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States.

8. Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt - American politician, 25th Vice President of the United States, the 26th president of the United States, the Republican Party, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

9. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln - American statesman, 16th President of the United States and the first of the Republican Party, the liberator of American slaves, the national hero of the American people.

10. Memorial opened in stages - by July 1930 was ready to head of Washington in 1936 - Jefferson, next year - Lincoln, and finally, in 1939, work was completed on the creation of an image of President Roosevelt.