Mount Rushmore

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Mount Rushmore is a famous mountain in South Dakota.

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Connect the dots between past and present.

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Mind = Blown

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Then & Now

🕰️ History isn't really 'history' — it shapes today, every day.

Mount Rushmore is a famous mountain in South Dakota. It has four faces of U.S. presidents carved into it. The presidents are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Many people visit Mount Rushmore each year to see this amazing work of art.

Key Facts

Mount Rushmore shows four U.S. presidents.

It was completed in 1941.

The mountain is made of granite rock.

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How many presidents are on Mount Rushmore?

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Why this still matters

This shapes your daily life in ways you stopped noticing.

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