A Visual Analysis Essay On Mount Rushmore

Have you ever wondered what happened behind the gates of Tuxedo Park when it was first discovered? The book “The World with a Fence Around It,” by George M. Rushmore, is about Tuxedo Park in its first years. Pierre Lorillard was the founder of the Park, while Bruce Price was the architect. Many people visited Tuxedo Park in its early days such as Mark Twain, and Emily Post. Although, Tuxedo Park may be an old town, discovered in 1885 by Pierre Lorillard, it has much to offer, such as, a weekend home, hunting, fishing, and more sports that started around the same time the Park.

The most stunning monument in our capital is the Washington Monument. At 555 feet high, it is the tallest such monument in the world. It is an obelisk by shape, yet not a true obelisk because it is not carved out of a single stone. The monument was built at intervals between 1848 and 1885. It memorializes George Washington's achievements and his devotion to principles and to his country.

This was not addressed when Mount Rushmore was constructed, and because of this the monument is tainted from its original purpose of honoring former United States presidents. “It is bad enough that white men drove the Sioux from hills they still hold sacred; did they have to carve faces all over them too?” Source C questions, enlightening the reader on the blemished past of Mount Rushmore, and how the placement of such a monument is wholly disrespectful (Source C). The planners of Mount Rushmore failed to recognize the faux pas of defacing the land of people who were disregarded by those to whom this monument is dedicated. Though a group may deem a historical figure or event as worthy for memorialization, when monuments are constructed paying no heed to placement, the original gesture can often be in

One reason why Washington deserves a new monument is because, he was the first president. Being the first isn’t always easy, but Washington made it look easy. Having the role of the first president comes with great responsibility, and ability to take force.

The obelisk shaped Washington Monument on the National Mall was built to commemorate the first American president, President George Washington. The monument is made from free standing stones and stands at a height of 555-ft. The monument offers visitors breath taking views of Washington DC.

Prior to beginning construction in 1848, the government spent nearly seventy years in legislation. Shortly after it was decided in 1783 that an “equestrian statue” should be erected in honor of George Washington, a French landscape engineer by the name of Major Charles Pierre L’Enfant drew up the first plan for Washington’s future capital, including the statue as “one of the principal features of the Federal District” (1). The idea resurfaced after the death of George Washington in December of 1799, when a proposal made by U.S. Representative John Marshall suggested the erection of a marble monument under which the founder’s body would be deposited. But Congress could take no immediate action due to conflicting opinions in both the House and Senate and with Washington’s family members: when the House “appropriated $200, 000 for the construction of … [a] ‘mausoleum of American granite and marble, in pyramidal form 100 feet square at the base and of proportionate height’” (1), the grant was opposed by the Senate and family members (who did not want to move the remains from the site where Washington had specifically asked they be placed).

The four former presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, are all of different time periods, but each did this country a great service. Though some people may not agree that these four iconic men in America’s history should be on the Mount Rushmore project, we can all agree these were great leaders, and important men in the shaping of the United States of America. I believe, if we were to pick four men and put their faces on a giant rock these four men deserve it. You could argue that others should be, but if we did not have these men leading our country we could be shaped very different than what we are right now. This is why I agree with these four gentlemen being the four faces on Mount Rushmore.

Even though 90% of Mount Rushmore was carved by dynamite which removed about 450,000 tons of rock it was hard to carve Mount Rushmore. Mount Rushmore cost one million dollars to make and that was also during the great depression. The eyes on the four President on Mount Rushmore are about 11 feet wide and the mouth is about 18 feet wide. Interesting or not Thomas Jefferson’s face was originally on the left side of George Washington’s face but the granite was to weak so the dynamited Thomas Jefferson face off and carvers started on the other side of George Washington were Thomas Jefferson face shows

Once upon a time, when I was about 8 years old, my family and I decided to take a trip over to South Dakota to check out Mount Rushmore and the Badlands. The first cabin that we stayed at was in a nice little campground. The people next to us had some sweet looking Harley Davidson's. From there we went to Mount Rushmore and the Badlands, which were really cool. My dad, my brother and I climbed on all the rock formations, while my mom watched us because she was too scared. I was a little scared because the people who were telling us about the badlands told us to watch out for rattlesnakes. I didn’t want to come across one of those, because they could kill you. I tried to stay away from dark crevices and holes as much as possible, so I would’nt

New Hampshire is one of the smalest states. It also have the smallest ocean coast of any state. Eighteen miles of coast from one boarder of New Hampshire. Not everything in New Hampshire is little though. Mount Washington is in New Hampshire. Mount Washington is the biggest mountain in the Northeast United States. On top of the mountain, the weather is very bad. The wind is often very strong. Once the wind on Mount Washington was measured to be 213 miles per hour. New Hampshire has many other mountains. On one of the mountains, is a rock formation called "The Old Man in the Mountain." The rocks looked like the profile of a persons face. The formation fell apart in

On October 4, 1927, work on Mount Rushmore began in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. The monument took 12 years to complete and shows four presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The monument was from the idea of a historian named Doane Robinson. Doane was looking for more ways to attract tourists to his state of South Dakota. He hired a sculptor named Gutzon Borglum to carve the faces. The first face Gutzon sculpted was George Washington. He then started on Thomas Jefferson and placed his face on the right side of Washington. But two years later the face became badly cracked and workers had to blast the face with dynamite and Borglum started on Jefferson on the left

Back in February on the 16th Harrisburg hosted a debate tournament called the Harrisburg Rushmore challenge right before Nat Quals and before states. Here are the responses about how the year went from Coach Kip Mckee. How well do you think the team did, overall?   and Kip responded with “The team did great, we won 384 rounds this year while dropping only 168 decisions.  We will take six students to nationals, more then ever before, we were runner ups at the state tournament and we had over thirty students receive awards at at least one tournament this season”.When asked Is there anything you think the team needs to improve on for next year? McKee responded with  “We need to do more individual events, specifically oratory,

Mount Rushmore is the famous world renown site at South Decota that was legally titled during 1884 and named after attorney Charles E. Rushmore. The faces of 4 of the USA presidents namely Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, was the impossible project of Gutzon Borglum and this amazing achievement was competed around 1941. The remarkable carving work started during 1925 and about 400 workers worked under dangerous conditions to create these sculptures, around 450,000 tons of rock was removed during the creation of the presidents face. Each sculpture reaches the height of about 18 meters. The question would be how was this possible to achieve and how did it get there?

Tourism plays a big role in Mount Rushmore’s popularity. More than 3 million people visit the monument each year. Their busiest months are June, July and August. Getting into the park is free; only parking costs money. Pets are allowed in about half the park; while service dogs are allowed all throughout the park. A lot of people visit the Sculptor's studio, a studio that was made for Gutzon Borglum as he worked, is now a small museum for the monument and is very popular. But what makes Mount Rushmore so great?

In 1927, about four hundred workers and sculptors worked together to chisel the faces of four presidents; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt into Mount Rushmore. Over the years, the monument has started to form small cracks due to mechanical weathering. Mechanical weathering is the breakdown of rocks into sediments. The President's’ Mountain suffers from thermal expansion, ice wedging, and exfoliation, which are all types of mechanical weathering. Thermal expansion is the constant system in which a rock is heated then cooled. The heating and cooling combination can cause stress on the rock, causing it to fracture and break. Thermal expansion happens because the temperature and the materials of the rock(s)