Blockbuster picture: Mount Rushmore national memorial and Crazy Horse memorial

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. It was sculpted by Gutson Borglum and his son in order to promote tourism in the region. The construction began in 1927 and the presidents' faces were completed between 1934 and 1939.

If you want to learn a bit more about this memorial, please check out this website:

http://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm

The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument complex that is under construction in the Black Hills, in South Dakota as well. The monument is being carved out of Thunderheard Mountain, a mountain which is considered sacred by some Indians.

If you want to have a look at the official website:

http://crazyhorsememorial.org/

Here is a video about the Rushmore memorial and the Crazy Horse Memorial, another site that is worth visiting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpnhMQpCJ2Y

360 Degree Panoramas: Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorials:

http://bigeyeinthesky.com/ViewQTVR.asp?ID=485&CID=Rushmore

http://www.360cities.net/fr/image/mount-rushmore-usa#0.00,0.00,70.0