Mount Rushmore is one of the most recognizable and patriotic monuments in the United States. Located near Keystone, South Dakota, it plays host to more than two million visitors annually, all of whom are drawn to the almost unfathomable 60-foot-tall heads carved into the mountainside.
What many of these tourists might not know is that the four presidents – Thomas Jefferson, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln – weren’t initially intended to be just their heads. Plans had been in place to carve them down to their waists, but unexpected hiccups prevented this.
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