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In the black hills of South Dakota, USA is the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. It is very large carving upon the granite face and its shows the faces of four of the greatest and most loved Presidents of the United States of America. The four American Presidents are Gorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

The head of Presidents Abraham Lincoln is 18 meters tall. To demonstrate how tall this actual is, if they had proceeded to make the body of the President it would have been 142 meters tall. This amazingly huge monument was built by Gutzon Borglum. The workers who curved out the faces on Mount Rushmore used a model that one twelth of the final size for measurements. Granite is a very hard rock and the workers had to use heavy drill and explosive like dynamite to carve out the face of the cliff. The work on memorial began in 1927 and went on till 1941. The builder Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 just before the memorial was completed and his son Linson continue the work and finished the memorial soon after.

The completed memorial stands about 40 Km away from Rapid City it is about 1745 meters above the sea level and more than 150 meters above the floor of the valley, which makes it taller than the Great Pyramid of Egypt.

Gorge Washington, who is known as the ‘father’ of his country, was the first president of United State of America he commanded the army that won American independent from the British, in the American revolution. He also had the major role in writing the constitution of the United States of America

Abraham Lincoln was president of United State from 1861 to 1865. Known all over the world as the man who ended slavery in America, Lincoln is well known for the fine speeches that he gave, like the Gettysburg address.

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States of America. He is known for the writing of the declaration of independent. Besides being the president he was also the scholar, lawyer, architect and inventor. He designed the Virginia Capitol and the University of Virginia. He was an ardent inventor and invented a lap desk and an improved type of plough.

Theodore Roosevelt was the president of United States of America from 1901 to 1909. He was known for his great leadership abilities and his desire to make America popular in the new world.

Thus four Presidents were chosen to constitute the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, as they are considered the four greatest Presidents of America – the men who wrought the land with their vision, hard work and dedication.