Trip to Mount Rushmore (pictures)

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On this President's Day - Mt. Rushmore Comes to Life

Can you name the four presidents on Mount Rushmore? If you said John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, you're wrong. If you said George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, you're right. And some more facts about the famous mountain top (from nps.gov):

(1) Who created the sculpture? Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers.
(2) How much did the sculpture cost? $989,992.32.
(3) How long did it take to build? 14 years. October 4, 1927 - October 31, 1941.
(4) Are the faces eroding? No. The estimated erosion rate is 1 inch every 10,000 years.
(5) Who is the mountain named after? Charles E. Rushmore, a New York City Attorney, in 1885 who was out there on business.
(6) Were there any deaths during the carving? No.

And finally, something else about Mt. Rushmore that you probably didn't know. It comes to life each year on the day we celebrate Washington and Lincoln's birthday. Check out the following video to see for yourself...