National Monument
is one of the best known United States symbols.
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| Mount Rushmore National Monument |
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| South Dakota, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| My 1991 trip to explore National Parks and Monuments began here in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Completed in 1941, these giant rock carvings were created by drills and dynamite. Rock blasted off the mountain was never removed, and you can see the rubble at the bottom of this picture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| From left to right, the U.S. Presidents are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. They are lit at night while the American National Anthem plays, which I tried to capture in my video. Mount Rushmore is one of the best known United States symbols. |
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| Like other tourists, I could not resist having my picture taken. But I also tried a little satire, as you can hear in the video. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| If you have a high speed internet connection, watch the Intrepid Berkeley Explorer's free streaming travel video of this trip, "Dances With National Parks", by clicking on AdventurePics . |
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