Storm Over Mount Rushmore may offer a commentary that goes beyond being just a travel photograph and says something about the present day divisions in this country.
Society has always needed history and heroes. It’s fundamental to who people are and where they’ve come from and it is the glue that holds most societies together. To attack the common understanding of history and tear down the story’s of national heroes is actually an attack attempting to destroy a society. Unfortunately success becomes anarchy which is sadly the goal of many revolutions.
Carved between October 4, 1927 and October 31, 1941
Mount Rushmore represents a project of historic proportions, ambition and is a historic achievement. Actually conceived as tourist attraction it took on a meaning way beyond its original goal as it employed over 400 men and women. When workers at Mount Rushmore were asked, “What is it you’re do here?” One answered “I am helping to create a memorial.” The third worker had an idea of what they were trying to accomplish.
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