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While some Trump allies support his dream of joining Mount Rushmore, those who know the monument best have raised concerns ...
The Start Westward Memorial has sat in Marietta for 87 years. It could soon be removed and replaced with a bronze replica.
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum liked to tinker with his own legend, subtracting a few years from his age, changing the story of his parentage. The best archival research has revealed that he was ...
People have long wanted to add presidents to Mount Rushmore. But there's two big reasons that's unlikely, if not impossible.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum invested 14 years into carving his vision into Mount Rushmore before dying in 1941. (Library of Congress photo) Crafting one of the most recognizable fixtures of the ...
Gutzon Borglum works on the Start Westward monument in his studio. The monument was commissioned for the city of Marietta’s sesquicentennial in 1938. (Photo Provided) ...
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum was deeply involved with the Ku Klux Klan while designing the Confederate memorial at Stone Mountain, Ga. July 2, 2020 More than 5 years ago ...
President Trump’s renewed push to add his face to Mount Rushmore faces overwhelming obstacles. Geologists warn that the ...
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began carving the images of four U.S. presidents into Mount Rushmore on Oct. 4, 1927. The effort employed 400 people and took 14 years to complete.
Here, Borglum works on a model of Mount Rushmore in his studio facing the mountain. Before starting work on the memorial, sculptor Gutzon Borglum marked off the measurements as to which sculpture ...
Gutzon's talent was immediately apparent and he found a few commissions (certainly the fact that Solon had already associated the name Borglum with fine sculpture didn't hurt). At the same time ...