1885年,美国纽约的著名律师查尔斯·E·拉什莫尔(Charles E. Rushmore)将其在南达科他州布拉克山(Black Hills)所拥有的矿山附近的一座花岗岩山以其姓氏命名为“拉什莫尔山”,这就是拉什莫尔山名字的来由。数十年后拉什莫尔山国家纪念公园的建造计划正式启动后,拉什莫尔还曾捐助了5,000美元。在拉什莫尔山上建造雕塑的初衷是为了吸引更多的人们前来布拉克山地区旅游,然而这个建造计划却引发了美国国会和时任总统卡尔文·柯立芝(Calvin Coolidge)之间旷日持久的争论。最终,建造计划获得了国会的批准。整个工程的建设于1927年开始,并于1941年宣告完成。 




Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents: George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). The entire memorial covers 1,278 acres (5.17 km²), and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level. It is managed by the National Park Service, a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior.
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