mount rushmore

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف mount rushmore في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: A famous mountain in the Black Hills with the heads of four US presidents carved into it; {i} mountain and national park in South Dakota (USA), site of a large rock sculpture of the heads of four American presidents (Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt); Mount Rushmore National Memorial a mountain in South Dakota, US, where the rock has been cut into the shape of the faces of four US presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Peak and national memorial, Black Hills, southwestern South Dakota, U.S. Sculptures of the heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt are carved on the granite face of the mountain, which is 6,000 ft (1,829 m) high. The four heads, each about 60 ft (18 m) high, represent, respectively, the nation's founding, political philosophy, preservation, and expansion and conservation. The memorial was dedicated in 1925. Work on it was carried out during 1927-41 under the direction of Gutzon Borglum

mount rushmore