User blog:ARTaylor/75 Years of Mount Rushmore

Today is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the completion of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota. The massive carving features the likeness of the four Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.



The memorial was conceived as a way to increase tourism into the South Dakota region and was built during the Great Depression to increase jobs during the troubled times. Construction began in 1927 and designer Gutzon Borglum died never seeing its completion. There was originally intended to be more of each figure but lack of funding forced the project to end with just the faces. It has since become one of the most iconic symbols of the United States of America along with the Statue of Liberty.

The first season of Fantastic Four featured Mount Rushmore in the opening credits with the Fantastic Four's images appearing over the presidents. Hulk, Thor, and the Hulkbusters visited the area in The Incredible Hulk episode "Mortal Bounds".