John Singer Sargent, Portrait of J.P. Wolff, circa 1890, on display at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center. Photo courtesy ...

The original vision for Mount Rushmore was to represent the nation's founding, growth, and preservation. The author argues that Donald Trump's presidency does not align with the monument's original ...

Mount Rushmore may be one of America’s most famous landmarks, but few people know architect Gutzon Borglum designed a hidden chamber inside the mountain. Today, a sealed titanium vault behind Abraham ...

The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The second Trump administration has made tearing down parts of the federal government ...

When I was driving cross-country about 20 years ago, I stopped at the Black Hills of South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore. It's quite a sight - the heads of four U.S. presidents, each about 60 feet tall ...

For several years, online memes have claimed a racist and dark history attached to one of the most iconic U.S. monuments, Mount Rushmore. Its past came under scrutiny amid nationwide protests against ...

Set in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Mount Rushmore may be one of the United States’ most recognizable landmarks, but as author Matthew Davis explains in “A Biography of a Mountain – The Making and ...